Birmingham Blitz
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The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of Birmingham and surrounding towns in central England, beginning on 9 August 1940 as a fraction of the greater Blit
High Street, looking towards the Bull Ring area after heavy bombing, on 10 April 1941.
A severely bomb damaged street in Aston Newtown.
New Street after bombing
A ruined factory building.
The Blitz
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The Blitz was a bombing campaign by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It lasted for eight months, from 7 September 1940 to 16 May 1941. The name is
A Heinkel He 111 bomber over the Surrey Commercial Docks in South London and Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London on 7 September 1940
General Walther Wever
Hitler and Göring, March 1938
RAF pilots with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940