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The Greenock Blitz is the name given to two nights of intensive bombing of the town of Greenock by the Luftwaffe in May 1941. The raids targeted the many ships and shipyards around the town but like the Clydebank blitz the previous March the brunt of the bombing was taken by civilians. Over the two nights 280 people were killed and over 1,200 injured. From a total of 18,000 homes nearly 10,000 suffered damage and 1,000 were destroyed outright. This article is about explosive devices. ...
Greenock (Grianaig in Scottish Gaelic) is a town (burgh of barony) in the district of Inverclyde in Western Scotland. ...
The Luftwaffe â–¶(?) (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...
This article is about the month of May. ...
1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Small shipyard in KlaksvÃk (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ...
The old coat of arms for Clydebank, adopted in 1930 The red saltire on the white field is for the ancient province of Lennox and for the towns more recent historic links to Ireland which previously used the same flag. ...
March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
The Blitz began around midnight on the 6th of May when around fifty bombers attacked the town in an apparently random fashion. Bombs fell all over the town and surronding area: serious damage being inflicted on East Crawford Street and Belville Street. Many civilians fled to the tunnels in the east end of the town; significantly reducing casualties the next night. This article is about the month of May. ...
A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ...
Air raid sirens at 12:15am on the 7th of May marked the beginning of a second night of bombing. Initially, incendiary bombs were dropped around the perimeter of the town. The second wave attacked primarily the east end and centre of Greenock; the distillery in Inglestone Street had been set alight in the first wave, providing a huge fire which acted as a beacon for the rest of the bomber force. The final wave came around 2am; dropping high explosive bombs and parachute land mines which caused widespread destruction. This article is about the month of May. ...
Incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, or white phosphorus. ...
Strathisla whisky distillery in Keith, Scotland Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their vapor pressures. ...
This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ...
The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ...
A landmine is a type of mine which is placed onto or into the ground and explodes when triggered by a vehicle or person. ...
At 3:30am the "All Clear" sounded; the whole of the town appeared to be in flames. The Sugar Refineries, distillery and foundries were all extensively damaged, and several churches were left as burnt out shells. Damage to the shipyards was minimal. In general use, sugar is taken to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a disaccharide which is a white crystalline solid. ...
The George Medal was awarded to tree local fireman: Fremaster Pratten, Sub-Station Officer William Neill and Fireman James Berry who entered a burning building and at great personal risk managed to control a blaze which threatened to destroy a quantity of material essential to the war effort. The George Medal was created by Britains King George VI on 24 September 1940. ...
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Wieluń Strategic Bombing during World War II was unlike anything the world had previously witnessed. ...
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Area bombardment is the policy of indiscriminate bombing of an enemys cities, for the purpose of destroying civilian morale. ...
Picassos Guernica Terror bombing is a strategy of deliberately bombing civilian targets and strafing civilians in order to break the morale of the enemy and make the civilian population of the enemy panic. ...
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The twin spires of Coventrys skyline This article is about the history of Coventry, England. ...
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The Bombing of Frampol happened during the Polish Defence War of 1939. ...
Firestorm in Hamburg Operation Gomorrah was the military codename for a series of air raids conducted by the Royal Air Force on the city of Hamburg beginning in the end of July 1943. ...
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On March 17th, 1945, three hundred and thirty-one American B-29 bombers launched a firebombing attack against the city of Kobe, Japan. ...
German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz, a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning Lightning War, was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940–1941. ...
The Liverpool Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...
The Manchester Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...
The bombing of Rotterdam occured in the initial phases of World War II when German forces invaded the Netherlands. ...
The U.S. bombing of Tokyo during World War II took place between 1942 and 1945. ...
The Bombing of Warsaw in World War II refers both to the terror bombing campaign on Warsaw by Luftwaffe during the September Campaign (siege of Warsaw and to the German bombing raids during the Warsaw Uprising. ...
Bombing of Wieluń in World War II refers to the German bomb raid on the Polish city of Wieluń at the outbreak of World War II. On September 1, 1939 at 4:40 AM, the town of Wieluń was bombed by the German Luftwaffe. ...
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