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The Blitz in Plymouth: Commemorating 80th anniversary with virtual programme of events
Over the course of the Blitz, 1,172 people were killed with a further 4,448 injured
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This year is the 80th anniversary of the Plymouth Blitz that killed more than 1,000 people in Plymouth.
The series of 59 bombing attacks carried out by the Nazi Germany Luftwaffe took place throughout the duration of the war, but the five raids in early 1941 reduced much of the city to rubble.
Over the course of the Blitz, 1,172 people were killed with a further 4,448 injured.
Plymouth was one of the most heavily bombed British cities during World War Two. The first bombs fell on the city on 6 July 1940, with the heaviest period of bombing occurring in March and April 1941. ....

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