German bombing raids on Bournemouth, England during WWII
Bournemouth Blitz
Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II
VE Day Memorial Stone in Bournemouth Gardens
Date
1940 to 1944
Location
Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), England
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]
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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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