Clydebank Blitz
WWII aerial bombardment of city in Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Clydebank Blitz was a pair of air raids conducted by the Luftwaffe on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland. The bombings took place in March 1941.
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Clydebank Blitz | |||||||
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Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II | |||||||
A defused 1,000 kg Luftmine (German parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941 | |||||||
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Nazi Germany | |||||||
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2 bombers shot down | 1,200 killed, 1,000 wounded, 8,500 homes destroyed or damaged |
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The air raids were part of a bombing program known today as The Blitz.