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dropped their biggest bomb on the city. It was nicknamed "Satan", and weighed 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb), measuring over 8 feet (2.4 m) long (without the tail), and 26 inches (66 cm) in diameter. It failed to explode and was recovered in April 1943. The
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visited the ruins on 12 April 1941. The last air raid of the Blitz on
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An online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC.
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on 6 June 1944 saw these platforms quickly overrun and consequently no V1 or V2 landed on
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A 2010 documentary about the
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Victory Parade, the bomb was paraded through the streets of London.
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crew dug down 29 feet (8.8 m) to get to it. Later, during the
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rockets, whose launching platforms had already been built on the
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Bristol in 1946 showing bomb damage around St Mary le Port Church
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In the early years of the Second World War following the
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Elizabeth Ralph, Harold G. Brown & Paul Redmayne,
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during the Second World War. Due to the presence of
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716:"Tragic Night that German Bomb Struck My Train".
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355:On 2 November 1940, the Luftwaffe dropped 5,000
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106:Nazi Germany
92:Belligerents
35:World War II
29:Part of the
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2722:Other areas
2683:Middle East
2656:(Sri Lanka)
2316:Pacific War
2188:Southampton
2103:Bournemouth
1925:Netherlands
1756:Alessandria
1696:Schweinfurt
1691:SaarbrĂĽcken
1536:Halberstadt
1496:Dietzenbach
1446:Baden-Baden
1074:Southampton
979:Bournemouth
755:19 December
544:Decoy sites
511:– from the
495:Brislington
463:Good Friday
404:St Nicholas
392:Dutch House
381:Castle Park
373:Park Street
359:and 10,000
351:First raids
333:dropped in
295:Nazi German
265:Southampton
195:Bournemouth
2792:Categories
2662:(Malaysia)
2650:(Thailand)
2531:Utsunomiya
2291:(Bulgaria)
2259:Hammerfest
2204:Yugoslavia
2173:Nottingham
2163:Manchester
2098:Birmingham
2050:Stalingrad
1952:Middelburg
1671:PeenemĂĽnde
1651:Nordhausen
1601:Königsberg
1566:Hildesheim
1481:Crailsheim
1395:DĂĽsseldorf
1069:Sunderland
1049:Nottingham
1034:Manchester
974:Birmingham
855:3 November
786:3 November
726:1968980841
612:"Overview"
583:References
573:Chew Magna
565:Black Down
499:Bedminster
400:St Peter's
357:incendiary
312:River Avon
255:Portsmouth
245:Manchester
190:Birmingham
2803:The Blitz
2773:Fort Lamy
2739:Gibraltar
2599:Australia
2578:Singapore
2548:Yokkaichi
2541:June 1944
2521:Toyohashi
2441:Hiratsuka
2436:Hamamatsu
2383:Indonesia
2364:Hong Kong
2359:Chongqing
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2249:(Hungary)
2226:Podgorica
2210:Belgrade
2183:Sheffield
2153:Liverpool
2123:Clydebank
2078:The Blitz
2040:Leningrad
2014:Bucharest
1972:The Hague
1947:Enkhuizen
1937:Eindhoven
1932:Amsterdam
1771:Benevento
1706:Stuttgart
1676:Pforzheim
1666:Paderborn
1661:OsnabrĂĽck
1656:Nuremberg
1626:Magdeburg
1586:Karlsruhe
1571:Innsbruck
1561:Heilbronn
1511:Frankfurt
1486:Darmstadt
1415:Wuppertal
1365:Battle of
1266:V-weapons
1256:Firestorm
1064:Sheffield
1039:Newcastle
1024:Liverpool
999:Clydebank
945:The Blitz
434:Luftwaffe
316:Avonmouth
299:Luftwaffe
260:Sheffield
240:Liverpool
210:Clydebank
179:The Blitz
63:1940–1941
2713:Tel Aviv
2632:Unalaska
2566:(Taiwan)
2557:Colonies
2526:Toyokawa
2506:Shizuoka
2395:Surabaya
2390:Sukabumi
2374:Shanghai
2336:Mandalay
2273:(Norway)
2265:Helsinki
2261:(Norway)
2247:Budapest
2231:Sarajevo
2178:Plymouth
2138:Greenock
2128:Coventry
2108:Brighton
2019:Ploiești
1957:Nijmegen
1942:Enschede
1821:Grosseto
1806:Frascati
1781:Cagliari
1736:WĂĽrzburg
1631:Mannheim
1556:Hannover
1476:Chemnitz
1436:Augsburg
1390:Duisburg
1385:Dortmund
1367:the Ruhr
1338:Le Havre
1137:Trekking
1117:Blackout
1059:Plymouth
1054:Nuneaton
1009:Greenock
1004:Coventry
984:Brighton
887:Archived
722:ProQuest
718:The Post
667:Page 86
475:Hotwells
335:clusters
306:and the
285:was the
250:Plymouth
215:Coventry
68:Location
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2654:Colombo
2648:Bangkok
2564:Taihoku
2486:Okazaki
2466:Nagaoka
2426:Fukuoka
2369:Nanjing
2193:Swansea
2168:Norwich
2118:Cardiff
2113:Bristol
2093:Belfast
2061:Kingdom
2007:Romania
1988:Frampol
1911:Viterbo
1906:Vicenza
1891:Trieste
1886:Treviso
1856:Pescara
1851:Palermo
1831:Messina
1826:Livorno
1796:Ferrara
1791:Catania
1786:Cassino
1776:Bologna
1686:Rostock
1681:Potsdam
1641:MĂĽnster
1606:Leipzig
1546:Hamburg
1531:Giessen
1501:Dresden
1471:Breslau
1456:Bocholt
1410:Krefeld
1380:Cologne
1357:Germany
1317:Tallinn
1305:Estonia
1284:Denmark
1079:Swansea
1044:Norwich
994:Cardiff
989:Bristol
969:Belfast
816:7 March
701:7 March
626:7 March
507:Goering
291:Bristol
270:Swansea
205:Cardiff
200:Bristol
185:Belfast
130:Unknown
73:Bristol
2734:Cyprus
2666:Manila
2611:Darwin
2606:Broome
2536:Yawata
2501:Sendai
2496:Rabaul
2481:Numazu
2471:Nagoya
2416:Aomori
2301:Zagreb
2295:Vienna
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2271:Namsos
2253:Dublin
2158:London
2133:Exeter
2059:United
1998:Wieluń
1993:Warsaw
1981:Poland
1901:Verona
1871:Rimini
1841:Naples
1801:Foggia
1761:Ancona
1701:Siegen
1646:Munich
1611:LĂĽbeck
1591:Kassel
1491:Dessau
1466:Bremen
1451:Berlin
1431:Aachen
1375:Bochum
1326:France
1029:London
959:Barrow
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479:Cotham
471:Knowle
443:VE Day
220:Dublin
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2708:Jaffa
2703:Haifa
2511:Tokyo
2491:Osaka
2421:Fukui
2411:Akita
2404:Japan
2352:China
2324:Burma
2289:Sofia
2148:Leeds
2045:Minsk
2035:Gorky
1916:Zadar
1896:Turin
1881:Terni
1846:Padua
1836:Milan
1816:Gorla
1811:Genoa
1749:Italy
1731:Worms
1716:Wesel
1636:Moers
1621:Mainz
1596:Kleve
1551:Hanau
1541:Halle
1506:Emden
1400:Essen
1343:Royan
1312:Narva
1296:Rønne
1019:Leeds
527:A4/V2
314:from
235:Leeds
2766:Chad
2698:Acre
2476:Naha
2461:Kure
2456:KĹŤfu
2451:Kobe
2431:Gifu
2219:1944
2214:1941
2143:Hull
2088:Bath
1876:Rome
1861:Pisa
1766:Bari
1576:Jena
1333:Caen
1291:Nexø
1014:Hull
964:Bath
857:2011
818:2007
788:2011
757:2017
703:2007
673:ISBN
628:2007
481:and
410:and
281:The
225:Hull
60:Date
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850:BBC
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