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- The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of German Luftwaffe bombing in Sheffield, England, during the Second World War. It took place over the nights of 12 December and 15 December 1940. In 1940, Sheffield was a city of about 560,000 people and contained many heavy industries, primarily centred on steel and armaments. Hadfields steelworks was also the only place in the UK at that time where 18-inch armour-piercing shells were made. Most of the factories were located in the East End of the city beside the River Don. Documents captured at the end of the war showed that the targets for the raids included the Atlas Steelworks, Brown Bayley Steelworks, Meadowhall Iron Works, River Don Works, Darnall Wagon Works, Tinsley Park Collieries, East Hecla Works and Orgreave Coke Ovens. The full moon was on 14 December 1940 and both blitz nights were cold and clear. The German code name for the operation was Schmelztiegel ("Crucible"). (en)
- 1,500+ injured
- 3,000+ houses destroyed
- 40,000+ homeless
- 660+ dead
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- * steel factories in Sheffield continued to operate and provide supplies for the war effort.
- German strategic failure:
- * Widespread damage and civilian casualties, Sheffield in extensive structural ruins.
- https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/sheffield/home/libraries-archives/access-archives-local-studies-library/research-guides/blitz.html
- http://finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2013/operation-crucible.php
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- * steel factories in Sheffield continued to operate and provide supplies for the war effort. * Widespread damage and civilian casualties, Sheffield in extensive structural ruins. (en)
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