What the records say
- When
- 1940 – 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 50.91° N, 1.40° W
- Description
- WWII aerial bombardment of British port city
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Southampton Blitz
WWII aerial bombardment of British port city
The Southampton Blitz was the heavy bombing of Southampton by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during World War II. Southampton was a strategic bombing target for the Luftwaffe as it contained both busy docks with associated business premises and factories and the Supermarine factory building Spitfires in Woolston. Being a large port city on the south coast it was within easy reach of German airfields in France.
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