Bombing continues across the UK, and Brits ask if the violence will ever cease. In the final episode of this series, Al and James assess the damage left by the Luftwaffe.
We Have Ways tackles the people’s war in this new series, taking a forensic dive into the history of the Nazi bombing raids that terrorised the UK during the first half of the Second World War.
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Great mini-series gents. Really enjoyed this one. Probably because much of the areas covered I've been to personally. Keep up the great work.
Thank you James Holland, Al Murray, A Goalhanger, Joey McCarthy, Tony Pastor
, and the rest of the team.
Sorry lads as much as I love your podcasts you left one part of the blitz out was the raids on Belfast which had few anti aircraft guns and no night fighter cover the thinking being that it was to far away for the Germans to hit even though the city had heavy engineering and shipyards and aircraft factories
The end of 'the Blitz' – but the 'vengeance weapons' still to come.
Clydebank, bombed over two nights in March 1941, suffered c.650 civilian deaths, one of the highest tolls in the entire Blitz yet so little is known about it in comparison to other urban areas
Thank you for making this series. It got across the level of the destruction and deaths caused by the blitz in London and other British cities.
Gents you stopped sort of the bombing raids on Belfast in April and May 1941. Belfast was raided on 7th -8th April 9 from memory Liverpool was bombed the same night , the raid on Belfast was small, possibly to " test the water".
The Luftwaffe returned on the 15th April, with 200 aircraft reaching the city again it was not hard to find the shipyards, docks, and Short aircraft factory being the primary targets. ( Approx. 900 people were killed and 1500 injured), damage was extensive. Bombed again on 4th-5th May and on 5th-6th May, the city in general was the target,with mainly incendiaries being the greater part of the bomb loads – 1500 homes were destroyed and over 5,000 seriously damaged.
Northern Ireland had been well photographed for bombing all the major towns and cities had been photographed and including the airfields , as far west as the Coastal Command bases on Lough Erne, had the Luftwaffe not gone to Russia or returned successful from it no doubt the air raids would have resumed…..
Was there any attempt by the RAF to attack or bomb German airfields to hinder the blitz? Love the pod, keep up the sterling work.
Listening to your podcast brought back memories of my parents who lived through the Blitz or more accurately how my Mom lived through the Blitz as my Dad was in the RAF. One of my dad’s favorite stories was while he was stationed in the south of England my mom was up north not sure exactly where it in a large city. Anyway my mom was able to get a hold of my dad and started talking with him. After a while dad could hear the air raid sirens and wanted to end the conversation but mom poo-pooed the alarm saying they always go off at that time! A short time later dad could now here the anti-aircraft guns going off and pressed my mom to seek shelter but she once again that it meant nothing. However, dad then heard the distinctive crumps of bombs exploding and getting closer. He yell at my mom to seek shelter but before he could finish the line went dead! It was several days before he found out that both my mom and brothers were all safe! Dad always said that mom as a civilian was in more danger than he was as Sargent in the RAF!
My sister's Street half the houses in scattered locations are original and the rest were built later due to bomb damage.