Bournemouth Blitz
The Bournemouth Blitz was the heavy bombing of Bournemouth, Hampshire (but now in Dorset), England from 1940 to 1944, by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.
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More than 2,200 bombs fell on Bournemouth and Poole during World War II, and 350 civilians and servicemen were killed.
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