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
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
Union Street, Plymouth
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Union Street in Plymouth, Devon, is a long straight street connecting the city centre to Devonport, the site of Plymouth's naval base and docks. Originally the home of wealthy people, it later became
Plymouth Blitz
…and proposed a radical redevelopment. Main roads were diverted around the city, while the original street plan of city centre, with the exception of Union Street, was to be erased and replaced with a grand vista leading from Naval Memorial on Plymouth Hoe to Plymouth railway station, intersected by new roads and…
A closed public house and shops in Union Street in 2008
The New Palace Theatre in 2008.