Map Of Uk Cities Bombed In Ww2. The biggest aerial attack against civil population was in Cabra a small town away from the war front and with no strategic value that was bombed due to an error. Bomb Sight makes you discover London during WW2 Luftwaffe Blitz bombing raids exploring maps images and memories.
In the spring of 1939 Whitehall predicted an enemy bombing campaign against Britain in which 700 tonnes of bombs could be. Coventry an industrial city in the midlands of England was also seriously attacked. Southampton is a southern coastal city in the UK that was a key target for the Nazis during World War Two since it had a large military manufacturing base and was a vital port for the Allies.
Small pinpoints on the map show the huge impact of the bombing since around 700 German bombs were dropped on the city in just two nights in 1940.
The cities towns ports and dockyards were the areas bombed. More than 70000 buildings were completely demolished and another 17 million were damaged. The biggest aerial attack against civil population was in Cabra a small town away from the war front and with no strategic value that was bombed due to an error. Where bombs were dropped in London during the Blitz WORLD War 2 saw much of the UK peppered with bomb sites during the Nazi-fronted blitz from 1939 to 1945 but few cities.
