Bombed Cities

[dmbr34937]

What were the most heavily bombed Cities in Great Britain (apart from London) in WW2

[123everton]

Liverpool was the second most bombed city after London, Birmingham, Coventry, Plymouth were also badly hit.
FYI Hartlepool United's ground was the only stadium to be bombed in both World Wars.

[echokilo]

Coventry and Birmingham suffered hugely. ......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39905000/jp g/_39905057_coventry_pa_238.jpg

An interesting fact for Coventry was that when the cathedral fell, 2 roof timbers fell on each other in the shape of a cross and they were kept that way and are in the museum/new cathedral there today.

[vehelpfulguy]

They are not in the new cathedral, they are in the ruins of the old cathedral. Here is a picture

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 0/07/Coventry_Cathedral_burnt_cross.jpg

[Lil O'lady]

Don't forget Dagenham - not really London.
Liverpool, Coventry very heavily hit. The German raids were based on tourist guides - 'Baedekers' - as well as spy photos taken in the run-up to the war, so industrial zones were targetted as wella s cultural ones to try to demoralise the population.

[echokilo]

thanks for pointin that out vehelpfulguy ..... it's a long time since I have been to Coventry but I remember now....

[dundurn]

In March 1941 Clydebank was hit on two successive nights. There were around 12000 houses in the town. By the end of the second raid 1/3 had been destroyed, a further 1/3 were severely damaged; some by direct hits or blast, others by the fires started by incendiary bombs. It was reported that only 7 dwellings in the town were completely unscathed. Over 500 people were killed and a similar number injured.

[123everton]

There's a mass grave in Walton for the victims of the May blitz, they're the lucky ones.
In Blackstock Street there was a shelter fuul of women, children and old people the shelter took a direct hit and killed everyone outright the mees was so bad and the devastation so widespread throughout the city that they left them all there, they just threw a load of lime on them and filled in the hole.
Most everyone suffered, even my Nan (God rest her soul) got bombed out.