The first part will be in newsagents tomorrow, Friday, October 30. A view of Hiroshima in September 1945, weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city. They include images showing home life in World War 2, the dark days of the Blitz and how key moments were marked on the road to peace. A Times series documenting lesser-known stories from World War II. These unseen pictures form part of a collectable partwork series published by the Daily Express over the next four days. Despite the massive destruction of Japanese cities by firebombing and napalm, that experience has been virtually eradicated from US (and even Japanese) war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the city soon afterwards to inspect the damage and boost morale, as did Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Six George Medals were awarded to Sheffield citizens for their bravery. Dresden after Allied air raids on February 13 and 14, 1945. The Sheffield Blitz killed more than 660 people, injured 1,500 and left 40,000 homeless. Several of Sheffield's steelworks were hit although none were damaged enough to halt their crucial contribution to the Allied war effort. The hotel itself was directly hit and while it isn't known exactly how many guests and staff died, 70 bodies were recovered from the rubble. Small ad hoc rescue parties soon began to operate, but roughly half of the citys population was dead or injured. Incendiary bombs fell on Norton Lees and Gleadless in an Nazi operation called Schmelztiegel (meaning 'crucible').īombs fell on Campo Lane and Vicar Lane destroying the west end of Sheffield Cathedral, while a half-tonne bomb wrecked the C&A and Burtons buildings opposite the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square. The war was coming closer and closer to Japan’s doorstep. The second atomic weapon used against Japan, this. In 1940, Sheffield was one of the Allies' most important cities producing steel and armaments.įor Hitler and his Luftwaffe (air force) it was a key target and the city suffered three nights of devastating bombing between December 12 and 15. Devastating air raids (alone the first firebombing raid on Tokyo during the night of 9/10 March 1945 claimed an estimated 100,000 lives) had razed the. A mushroom cloud rises over the city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, following the detonation of Fat Man. By the time Soviet soldiers approached Vienna’s suburbs on April 3, 1945, the city had already endured over 50 Allied bombing raids in the course of the war.
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