Hull Blitz
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The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.
Troops of 9th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, helping to clear bomb damage in Hull.
An Air raid shelter in the city seen in 2010
Remains of the burnt out Riverside Quay (2011)
Burnt out National Picture Theatre (right) (2006)
Plymouth Blitz
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The Plymouth Blitz was a series of bombing raids carried out by the German Luftwaffe against the English city of Plymouth during the Second World War as part of the Luftwaffe's strategic assault on Br
Hull Blitz
…pubs and 8 cinemas ruined; only 6,000 out of 91,000 houses were undamaged at the end of the war. The extent of the damage was similar to that of the Plymouth Blitz. Despite the damage the port continued to function throughout the war…
Winston Churchill is cheered by workers during a visit to bomb-damaged Plymouth on 2 May 1941.
Union Street before World War II showing trams
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Shopping in wartime Plymouth, May 1943