Blitz' is an abbreviation of the German word ‘blitzkrieg’, meaning ‘lightning war’. This is a timeline of the almost ...

More than 500 German bombers took part in the overnight raid in a bid to destroy the city factories that were churning out the machines of war. Hundreds of people died as high explosives and ...

The 1940 Christmas Blitz is the bloodiest event in the history of Manchester but decades on, the final death toll remains unclear. Scores of families were blown up in their own homes during two nights ...

After several months of bombing, the Kirkdale area had taken a fair share of bombs. My elder brother was away and my younger sisters evacuated; at home, 24 Newman Street, were my father, mother, ...

Each Christmas, Manchester marks the anniversary of the 1940 blitz where hundreds of civilians were killed over two nights of bombing. Many of the bombs wiped out entire families as they sheltered in ...

More than 500 German bombers took part in a raid on November 14, 1940, in a bid to destroy the city factories that were churning out the machines of war. Hundreds of people died as high explosives and ...

The story of the blitz is a familiar one: Londoners taking shelter in the city’s underground stations; cheerful cockneys singing to keep their spirits up while bombs rained down; the heroism of air ...

100 days in 1940, World War II: Winston Churchill, blitzkrieg and the "Finest Hour". On the May 10th 1940, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — and Germany launched its ...

This is the story of the bravery of one man, namely George Roxburgh, on the night of 29th December 1940. Goerge was a slightly-built man, 44 years of age and who suffered from Bronchial Asthma. He ...