News; UK News; VE Day 'A tiny mouse saved my mum's life during horror World War II bombing raid' A survivor of the Sheffield Blitz during World II has told how an incredible stroke of luck saved ...

WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site: Contact Us: Growing up in Sheffield during the blitz. by Blademan01. You are browsing in: Archive List > Childhood and Evacuation.

Air Raid Defences in Sheffield. By John Unsworth. I was born in 1930, and throughout World War II, I lived in a rented terrace house at 162 Blair Athol Road, Banner Gross, Ecclesall, Sheffield.

During WW2, I lived at Agden House Farm ... On the night of the Sheffield Blitz by German bombers in November and December 1940, I can recall that looking down the valley, ...

Steve McQueen’s World War II drama “Blitz” will world premiere as the opening night gala of the 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF). The Apple original film, directed, produced, and written ...

THE Blitz was a devastating bombing campaign by the German air force during the Second World War on cities across Britain. The campaign killed at least 32, 000 civilians and destroyed many houses. … ...

Remarkably, the tree survived one of the worst nights of bombings by the Germans during the Sheffield Blitz. It was damaged, however, by a piece of shrapnel and being blown into another room.

Through World War II history and cultural depictions of the Blitz, Americans know plenty about the air raids and blackout precautions to protect civilians in London and other urban industrial centers.

MORE: Remembering the Sheffield Blitz - 81 years ago Scott Seiber said: “After having her tea, my mum fell asleep on the settee at her grandparents house. “Later that night and in the early ...

A contributor’s grandfather passed on his memories of the Sheffield Blitz, which took place in December 1940: “I was in the shelter with my grandma, my auntie, my cousin, my mother and another.

WW2 Clips. A reporter describes fires out of control in central London during the Blitz. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.