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18 April 1941 (Friday) – Belfast 1941 Blitz Diary

The city continued to come to terms with the attack. The newspapers gave details of how people could get food, support and water.[1] The Northern Whig set out how people could unidentified dead at St Georges’ market in order to…

17 April 1941 (Thursday) – Belfast 1941 Blitz Diary

17 April 1941 (Thursday) – Belfast 1941 Blitz Diary The Irish Times editorial on 17 April reported that: ‘Humanity knows no borders, no politics, no differences of religious belief. Yesterday for once the people of Ireland were united under the shadow…

16 April 1941 (Wednesday) – Belfast 1941 Blitz Diary

The second raid on Belfast took place on Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941. Around two hundred Luftwaffe bombers attacked military and manufacturing targets in the city of Belfast. It is estimated that some 900 people died and 1,500 were injured…