Thursday, March 13, 1941 - Glasgow under bombs

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Sections of Glasgow were devastated in a 2-day bombing raid March 13 - 14, 1941 by 250 german planes. The city lost 528 killed, 617 wounded and 48,000 residents were forced from their bombed-out homes.

Some 500 people were killed and 600 were wounded during the two days the Germans bombed the shipyard. Homes for 48,000 people were destroyed in the two-day raid.

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Baxter St. in Glasgow after the relentless bombing of the German Luftwaffe on March 13, 1941.
 
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