Liverpool Blitz
Videos
Page
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.
Bomb damage visible on Memorial to Heroes of the Marine Engine Room (photographed 2018)
Plaque on memorial to those killed on 21 December at Blackstock Gardens, Liverpool
A panoramic view of bomb damage in Liverpool; Victoria Monument in foreground, the burned-out shell of the Custom House in middle distance
Another panoramic view, looking towards the River Mersey; Custom House at left, Liver Building in middle distance
The Blitz
Videos
Page
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term Blitzkrieg, the German word meaning 'lightning war'.
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