Barrow Blitz

The Hindenburg flying over Walney Island in 1936.
Target dossier of Barrow-in-Furness, German Luftwaffe July 1941
Damage caused by bombing during 1941 on Newland Street looking towards Hindpool Road.
Barrow Town Hall narrowly avoided major damage during the 1941 spell of bombings.
Barrow was one of the most successful shipbuilding centres in Europe, the main reason it became a target. Aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable was launched by Winston Churchill in the town in 1940.

The Barrow Blitz is the name given to the Luftwaffe bombings of Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom during World War II. They took place primarily during April and May 1941, although the earliest Luftwaffe bombing occurred in September 1940.[1] VSEL shipyard was the main target for bombing alongside Barrow's steelworks, which were formerly the largest in the world.

  1. ^ Barrow-in-Furness the Fortunes of War Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine