During World War 2, Plymouth was the most heavily bombed city in the UK other than London. Although many know the fate of Coventry, the ferocity of the pounding Plymouth took is almost unknown outside of the city. The main attacks of the Plymouth Blitz took place on the nights of 20th – 21st March 1941 and 22nd – 23rd April 1941, and reduced much of the city centre to rubble. So badly was it damaged, that virtually the entire city centre was scrapped back to bare earth and rebuilt from scratch as a part of The Abercrombie Plan. The evidence of the blitz is still plain to see. Below is a dynamically generated map of the war scars I photograph when on my daily business around Plymouth.
Adelaide Street, Stonehouse
Posted: May 4, 2020
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Tags: Plymouth, Plymouth War Scars, Stonehouse
Durnford Street War Damage
Posted: April 30, 2020
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Tags: Plymouth, Plymouth War Scars, StonehouseKerr Street, Devonport
Posted: October 4, 2019
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Tags: Devonport, Plymouth, Plymouth War Scars
Fore Street, Devonport
Posted: September 23, 2019
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Tags: Devonport, Plymouth, Plymouth War ScarsThe Crown & Column, Devonport
Posted: September 11, 2019
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Tags: Devonport, Plymouth, Plymouth War Scars, PubRubble in Devonport Park
Posted: June 22, 2019
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Tags: Devonport, Plymouth, Plymouth War Scars
Caroline Place, Stonehouse
Posted: April 7, 2019
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Tags: Plymouth, Plymouth War Scars, Stonehouse