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Bookmark or Share- Map shows how 1940 Christmas Blitz destroyed Manchester familiesJust before Christmas in 1940, more than 750 civilians - many of them families with children - were killed in their homes during two nights of intense bombing by the Nazis. No-one who lived...
- Mapped: 1940 Christmas blitz bomb sites in ManchesterMore than 800 civilians were killed in two nights of intense bombing which ended on Christmas Eve. Research by the M.E.N. has led to the creation of a unique interactive map which shows - in...
- The Manchester blitz - Manchester HistorianThe term Manchester Blitz (also dubbed the ‘Christmas Blitz’) largely refers to the nights between 22nd-24th of December. Over two nights, bombers from elite Luftwaffe regiments engaged in strafing runs of Manchester, Salford & Stretford, with a total of 684 dead and 2364 wounded.
- Christmas Blitz in Manchester 1940 | Wartime History - iNostalgiaIn what later became known as the Christmas Blitz, Manchester was raided by hundreds of bombers on the nights of December 22nd and 23rd, 1940. Within minutes of the sirens sounding on the first night, Luftflotte 3 pathfinder unit KGr 100 was dropping nearly 10,000 incendiaries on and around Albert Square.
- Manchester Blitz - WikipediaThe Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the German Luftwaffe.
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