Baldtastic

I came across this website and thought it was interesting..

Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census

You can search for streets/postcodes or just look around London to see where the bombs landed….turns out my estate had a direct hit, almost on my exact flat!

Looking at this map makes me so happy I was born after WW2

beorna

I can't open our link.

funakison

i live in Hastings on the south coast, so not much bombing. Occasionaly a german plane that failed to get through to its traget would ditch its bombs as it reached the coat on the way home. The nearest explosion to me was about a mile away.

Jhangora

The link opens fine on my system beorna. It is a very detailed and rich site no doubt. Maybe I should start learning more about the European History of WW I and WW II.

Thanx a lot for the site Baldtastic. You sure have put a lot of effort in it

beorna

Thanks for the information. I get the information, no connection with server or whoops, that didn't go well.

Baldtastic

Neither can I at the moment?

I wish i could take credit for it, it comes from this article:

Interactive map: was your street bombed during the Blitz? - Telegraph

Sicknero

I'm afraid I can't open it either, I tried two different browsers. I can also see your site in Google Results if I search 'bombsight.org' but then it gives me a 404 error. If I find a solution I'll post it here.

Meanwhile ... Leicester escaped the worst of the Luftwaffe's attentions but there were a few raids. I wasn't born at the time but a friend's father once pointed out to me places near my flat where new buildings had replaced bombed ones.

Also to put the Blitz and the Telegraph map in perspective, read this extract from "Instructions for British Servicemen in Germany" published in 1944 -

Baldtastic

Thanks for the article Sicknero...once again im am so thankful that i was born long after those events and i can read about them from the comfort of my flat....which about 60 years ago would be a nice target for a bomber, as opposed to today where it just tele-sales i have to worry about!

They puts the modern bombing campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan into perspective!

Jhangora

The connection is perfectly fine here beorna. Maybe you should contact your ISP.

Thanx a lot for investing your time in posting it on this forum.

So true. All wars are similar for students of Meta-History. Is there a similar map for Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sicknero

I'm guessing it's just a temporary issue with the site, as various people are having the same problem from different locations.

I was just looking ... I've not found anything comparable for Coalition bombing if that's what you meant, but the Washington Post has this - Iraq bombings (washingtonpost.com)