| Bournemouth Blitz | |||||
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.jpg) VE Day Memorial Stone in Bournemouth Gardens | |||||
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The Bournemouth Blitz was the heavy bombing of Bournemouth, Hampshire (but now in Dorset), England from 1940 to 1944, by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.[1]
More than 2,200 bombs fell on Bournemouth and Poole during World War II, and 350 civilians and servicemen were killed.[2]
- ^ "BBC - WW2 People's War - Bombs on Bournemouth". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Bomb site air raid memorial unveiled". BBC News. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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