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Clydebank Blitz
Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II

A defused 1,000 kg Luftmine (German parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941
DateMarch 1941
Location
Clydebank, Scotland
Result Clydebank largely destroyed by German air raids
Belligerents
Clydebank Blitz Nazi Germany
  • Clydebank Blitz United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
  • Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler
  • Nazi Germany Hermann Göring
  • Nazi Germany Hugo Sperrle
  • Nazi Germany Albert Kesselring
  • Nazi Germany Hans Jeschonnek
  • United Kingdom Winston Churchill
  • United Kingdom Hugh Dowding
  • United Kingdom Frederick Pile
  • United Kingdom Owen Tudor Boyd
  • United Kingdom Leslie Gossage
Casualties and losses
2 bombers shot down 1,200 killed, 1,000 wounded, 8,500 homes destroyed or damaged

The Clydebank Blitz was a pair of air raids conducted by the Luftwaffe on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland. The bombings took place in March 1941.

The air raids were part of a bombing program known today as The Blitz.

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