Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II
A defused 1,000 kg Luftmine (German parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941
Date
March 1941
Location
Clydebank, Scotland
Result
Clydebank largely destroyed by German air raids
Belligerents
Nazi Germany
United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Göring
Hugo Sperrle
Albert Kesselring
Hans Jeschonnek
Winston Churchill
Hugh Dowding
Frederick Pile
Owen Tudor Boyd
Leslie Gossage
Casualties and losses
2 bombers shot down
1,200 killed, 1,000 wounded, 8,500 homes destroyed or damaged
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The Blitz (1940–1941)
The Blitz
Belfast
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bristol
Cardiff
Clydebank
Coventry
Dublin
Hull
Graveney Marsh
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Sheffield
Southampton
Swansea
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