Episode 47
The Plymouth Blitz
Harry Bennett is on Warfare to tell us about the bombing attacks on Plymouth in March and April 1941, and how they fit into the Luftwaffe’s broader campaign on Britain.
Warfare · History Hit
April 19, 202138m 18s
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Show Notes
<p>Thousands of houses, 26 schools, 8 cinemas and 41 churches destroyed; 640 separate air raid sirens and almost 1180 killed. Plymouth is not the first city to come to mind when you mention the Blitz, and probably not the second or third, either. But, eighty years after this southwestern port city faced 59 separate air attacks, Dr Harry Bennett from the University of Plymouth is on Warfare to tell us about them. Harry explains how the bombing attacks of March and April 1941 impacted on Plymouth, and how they fit into the Luftwaffe’s broader campaign on Britain.</p><br><p>Check out the University of Plymouth’s commemoration of the destruction of Plymouth here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/plymouth-blitz-80th-anniversary</p><br><p>© Plymouth Herald</p>
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