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Adolf Hitler. Casualties and losses. ~1,000 killed. ~1,500 injured. 30–50,000 houses damaged. The Belfast Blitz consisted of three German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World War II, causing high casualties.
- 7 April-6 May 1941( 1941-04-07-1941-05-06)
- Belfast
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'. [4]
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- German strategic failure
Japan. The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi. Nishizumi senshacho-den (西住戦車長伝) Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Japanese tank commander fights in the Sino-Japanese War and dies in the Battle of Nanking. United Kingdom. Ten Days in Paris. Jeremy Brown. Comedy mystery.
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Apr 15, 2021 · At 10:40 on the evening of Easter Tuesday 1941 air raid sirens sounded across Belfast, sending people across the city scrambling for safety - in one of the 200 public shelters in the city or the...
Apr 20, 2015 · Belfast suffered a series of bombing raids in the spring of 1941, which became known as the ‘Blitz of Belfast’.
Oct 14, 2017 · “Zoo,” written and directed by Colin McIvor, is the true story of how a lonely widow and three schoolchildren banded together to save an elephant in the Belfast, Northern Ireland zoo (the Bellevue Zoological Zoo) to prevent the pachyderm from being slaughtered during World War II.
The Belfast Blitz devastated a city that up until 1941 had remained unscathed during World War Two. About 1,000 people were killed and bombs hit half of the houses in the city, leaving...
