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1940 - The Blitz
 Britain declared war against Germany on 3rd September 1939,
and war came to Sheffield on 12th of December 1940: the first
night of the blitz. The air raid sirens sounded at 7.00pm
and the people of Sheffield made their way to their shelters.
The German aircraft bombed Sheffield until 4.00am but by this
time the city was on fire and badly damaged.
The people who survived the raid emerged from their shelters
in the early morning to find many parts of the city centre
destroyed. Trams and buses littered the streets and rubble
covered the roads.
The aircraft returned on the 15th December but this time
they bombed the east end of the city where the steel works
are clustered. More than 700 people were killed during these two raids,
and some of these are buried in the cemetery. There are also
nine soldiers buried here from this war.
See Susan
Bielby and her daughters.
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Q14. War Memories |
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Do you remember the Sheffield blitz?
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Do you know someone who remembers the Second World
War?
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What was it like in other countries during this
time?
Ask people who have memories of the war to tell you
their story and then write to or e-mail
us so we can put their story on this website.
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