Plymouth Blitz

The Bombing of Portland Square and the Devastation of a City

Plymouth Blitz recounts the deadliest civilian incident in Plymouth during World War II when a German bomb struck the Portland Square Air Raid Shelter in April 1941. Through eyewitness accounts and archival research, this book captures the courage, fear, and resilience of ordinary people living under the threat of aerial attack.

Plymouth Blitz recounts the deadliest civilian incident in Plymouth during the Second World War, when a German bomb struck the Portland Square Air Raid Shelter. Through eyewitness accounts and archival research, this book captures the courage, fear, and resilience of ordinary people living under the threat of aerial attack.

On the night of 2223 April 1941, as the German Luftwaffe descended on Plymouth, families from Portland Square and Victoria Street sought refuge in the communal air-raid shelter beneath the park at th