Clydebank Blitz - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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. The air raids were part of a bombing program known today as …
The Clydebank Blitz 13 - 15 March 1941 - National Records of …
WEBOn the nights of 13-14 and 14-15 March 1941 Luftwaffe bombers raided Clydeside and inflicted casualties in several industrial centres. Glasgow suffered the highest number of fatalities (about 650),...
The Clydebank Blitz: Writer on why devastation and death of …
WEBMar 9, 2021 · The Clydebank Blitz remains the single greatest disaster in modern Scottish history. Over two successive evenings, some 236 German planes subjected the town to pitiless saturation...
BBC - Scotland's History - The Clydebank Blitz
WEBScotland's centres of heavy industry become a target of German bombing raids. Over the nights of the 13th and 14th March 1941 Clydebank, Glasgow, was repeatedly bombed in a sustained campaign...
BBC - Scotland's Landscape : Clydebank Blitz
WEBClydebank Blitz. On 13 and 14 March 1941, Clydebank was the target of one of the most intense Luftwaffe bombing raids of World War II. Each night, over 200 German bombers attacked, aiming to ...
Blitz | West Dunbartonshire Council
WEBOn the nights of the 13 and 14 March 1941, the Luftwaffe executed a brutal attack on Clydebank, dealing a devastating blow from which the town never fully recovered.
The Clydebank Blitz 80 years on: Heroism and horror
WEBMar 14, 2021 · In Clydebank, in Glasgow, many other people were pulled from their devastated homes. One woman, trapped for six days, was brought out alive by a doctor and demolition workers, but died a few...
WW2 People's War - The Clydebank Blitz - BBC
WEBThe Clydebank Blitz. One night in 1941 we were warned by the siren that there was an air raid going on. It sounded so near, we knew it had to be a very big one. We could even see a glow in the...
1941 - Clydebank Blitz
WEBClydebank Blitz. Heavy industry and shipbuilding naturally made Clydebank a target for the German bombers when the war came. It was the only location in Scotland to be subjected to intensive Luftwaffe bombing. Thousands were killed over a period of only two days in March 1941.
Wartime Clydebank: The effects of the Clydebank Blitz & its ...
WEBBecause of the crucial wartime role of its shipbuilders, Clydebank suffered more in the Blitz than any other town in Scotland and was quite as bad as, if not worse than Coventry in the extent of devastation and its lasting effect on the town and community. It was heavily bombed on 13-14 March 1941. Relatively little harm was done to the ...