The Belfast Blitz was an event that occurred on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941. Two hundred bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attacked the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Nearly one thousand people died as a result of the bombing and even more were injured. In terms of property damage, half of the houses in Belfast were damaged. Outside of the city of London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the...
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The Belfast Blitz was an event that occurred on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941. Two hundred bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attacked the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Nearly one thousand people died as a result of the bombing and even more were injured. In terms of property damage, half of the houses in Belfast were damaged. Outside of the city of London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the blitz. Roughly 100,000 people of a total population of 425,000 were left homeless.
Although Éire had declared its neutrality during the Second World War, Belfast, being part of the United Kingdom, was at war.
Belfast had an enviable engineering tradition. As the United Kingdom was preparing for the conflict, the factories and shipyards of Belfast were gearing up. Belfast made a considerable contribution towards the Allied war effort.
The Government of Northern Ireland lacked the will, energy and capacity to cope with a major crisis when it...
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