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The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941, [4] for slightly over 8 months during the Second World War.. The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities, beginning with raids on London towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 (a battle for daylight air superiority between the Luftwaffe ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Emergency services tackled 97 fires on the night of the Nottingham Blitz on 8 and 9 May 1941 ...
Operation Steinbock or Operation Capricorn (German: Unternehmen Steinbock), sometimes called the Baby Blitz or Little Blitz, was a strategic bombing campaign by the German Air Force (the Luftwaffe) during the Second World War. It targeted southern England and lasted from January to May 1944. Steinbock was the last strategic air offensive by the ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of ... an air raid on Darlaston on 5 June 1941, ...
Pages in category "May 1941 events in the United Kingdom" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Download QR code; Print/export ... Baedeker Blitz; Barrow Blitz; Bath Blitz; Battle of the Beams; Beauty (dog) ... 1941 Old Palace School bombing; P.
The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World War II, causing high casualties. The first was on the night of 7–8 April 1941, a small attack which probably took place only to test Belfast's defences.
The Liverpool Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of the English city of Liverpool and its surrounding area, during the Second World War by the German Luftwaffe. [ 1 ] Liverpool was the most heavily bombed area of the country outside London, [ 2 ] due to the city having, along with Birkenhead , the largest port on the west coast and being ...