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The Sheffield Blitz

13th December 1940: The steel-making industrial city, which produces shells, tanks and aircraft engines, suffers a devastating raid

Dec 13, 2025
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The centre of Sheffield ablaze on the night of 12th-13th December.

The Sheffield Blitz was probably inevitable. It was really only a question of time before the Luftwaffe turned their attention to the steel-making centre in the north of England. German planes had been seen over the city since August, most making reconnaissance flights, although there had…

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