On This Day in1941...

[TheLoneRanger]

The 3 night blitz on Swansea began ...

The Blitz

www.swanseamuseum.co.uk

 

[BLAZE]

The 3 night blitz was in 1941. Just walked the dog along Teilo Crescent funnily enough, which was flattened and 24 neighbours killed. I've heard a few gruesome stories from people who witnessed it first hand. You can still see the pockmarks where shrapnel hit the brickwork in places

 

[TheLoneRanger]

The 3 night blitz was in 1941. Just walked the dog along Teilo Crescent funnily enough, which was flattened and 24 neighbours killed. I've heard a few gruesome stories from people who witnessed it first hand. You can still see the pockmarks where shrapnel hit the brickwork in places

FFS - These old - I never noticed I'd put in the wrong date.

The devastating night 24 neighbours were killed on one Welsh street

German bombs hit 14 homes on a single night in February, 1941

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Maps reveals the Swansea streets bombed in the Second World War

And hear from some of the people who experienced the Three Nights' Blitz

www.walesonline.co.uk