Clydebank Blitz
| Clydebank Blitz | |||||||
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| Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II | |||||||
A defused 1,000 kg Luftmine (German parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Nazi Germany | |||||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 bombers shot down | 1,200 killed, 1,000 wounded, 8,500 homes destroyed or damaged | ||||||
The Clydebank Blitz was a pair of air raids conducted by the Luftwaffe on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland. The bombings took place in March 1941.
The air raids were part of a bombing program known today as The Blitz.