![]() ![]() The first part will be in newsagents tomorrow, Friday, October 30. They include images showing home life in World War 2, the dark days of the Blitz and how key moments were marked on the road to peace. These unseen pictures form part of a collectable partwork series published by the Daily Express over the next four days. The city was flourishing with activity of people going to work, children playing, and businesses opening. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the city soon afterwards to inspect the damage and boost morale, as did Prime Minister Winston Churchill. August 6th, 1945 was a typical morning for Hiroshima. Six George Medals were awarded to Sheffield citizens for their bravery. The Sheffield Blitz killed more than 660 people, injured 1,500 and left 40,000 homeless. Surprisingly, the residents of Boise City, while initially angry, later became excited that their home was the location of such an event. ![]() Several of Sheffield's steelworks were hit although none were damaged enough to halt their crucial contribution to the Allied war effort. It came three days after a bomb was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan. The hotel itself was directly hit and while it isn't known exactly how many guests and staff died, 70 bodies were recovered from the rubble. A mushroom cloud is seen over Nagasaki, Japan, after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city on August 9, 1945. The attack destroyed about 30 percent of the city. in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. In Germany, Berlin, Hanover, Duisburg, Dortmund, and Cologne lost more than half their. The Soviet attack on Finland in November 1939, followed by Stalins absorption. Incendiary bombs fell on Norton Lees and Gleadless in an Nazi operation called Schmelztiegel (meaning 'crucible').īombs fell on Campo Lane and Vicar Lane destroying the west end of Sheffield Cathedral, while a half-tonne bomb wrecked the C&A and Burtons buildings opposite the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square. The second nuclear bomb was dropped on the city on August 9, 1945, in the last days of WWII shortly before the surrender of Japan. The devastation wreaked upon cities where the conflict raged was extreme. In 1940, Sheffield was one of the Allies' most important cities producing steel and armaments.įor Hitler and his Luftwaffe (air force) it was a key target and the city suffered three nights of devastating bombing between December 12 and 15. Dresden after Allied air raids on February 13 and 14, 1945. ![]()
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