How long did the Manchester Blitz last?

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That can be confusing - - - Manchester was bombed several times during the war however the heaviest most intense bombing occurred on the nights of December 22 and 23 1940 - - - a Christmas Present from Adolf Hitler via Herman Gorings Luftwaft!. However you might see August 8 thru December 23 cited in some sources!. Manchester was a vital maufactering center!.

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"""The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester in England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe!. Manchester was an important port and industrial city during the war, located in the North of England!.

The heaviest bombing raids occurred on the nights of 22/23 and 23/24 December 1940, killing an estimated 684 people and injuring 2,364!.[1] Manchester Cathedral, the Royal Exchange and the Free Trade Hall were among the large buildings damaged!. On the night of 22/23 December, 270 aircraft dropped 272 tons of high explosive and 1,032 incendiary bombs; on the second night, 171 aircraft dropped another 195 tons of high explosive and 893 incendiaries!.[1]

Nearby Salford and Stretford were also badly damaged by the bombing!. It is estimated that over 215 people were killed and 910 injured in Salford, and over 8,000 homes were damaged or destroyed!.[1]""

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"""During the Second World War, Manchester suffered severe bombing!. The worst nights of the blitz were 22/23 December 1940, when over 700 people were killed and 2,500 injured!. Over 100,000 homes in the area were damaged, as well as the Cathedral, the Royal Exchange and the Free Trade Hall!. At one point, the fire, fanned by the wind, was so fierce that buildings were demolished to stop its spread!.""

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""This story was submitted to the People's War site by Elizabeth Perez of Stockport Libraries on behalf of Jack Oldham and has been added to the site with his permission!. Jack Oldham fully understands the site's terms and conditions!.

"I was only 4 or 5 years old when the Manchester blitz took place, but I can still (60 years later!) vividly recall a bomb exploding on Gorsey Bank estate!. I was huddled in our back garden Anderson shelter, with two people from next door, and my parents and uncle!. We heard this whistling or screeching sound getting ever closer, and I recall my Uncle Percy, a World War One veteran, quietly saying "This one's ours"!. Thankfully it wasn't, but houses were hit in Gorsey Bank, Elm Road and people were killed in the Cheadle area!.

My school later on, Cheadle Heath Council - "The Old Tin Bucket" it was a corrugated iron building, received an incendiary bomb on the entrance gates!. A lady recently wrote of a land mine hitting the school, thankfully it was not - such a bomb would have cleared half of Cheadle Heath!

I also recall my father carrying me one night as the sirens sounded, but we couldn't get out of the house to the shelter as the anti-aircraft fire fall-back was crashing around outside!. This became a new game as we children earnestly collected torn and twisted lumps of exploded shell!. Whatever we did with them I don't know!.

We had a vile tempered fox-terrier, who was an invaluable early warning system!. Before our local air-raid sirens sounded he would prick up his ears and start whining!. If my father wasn't around, fire-watching, my mother wouldn't go in the shelter!. It was her, me and the dog "under the stairs"!. This was the proven strongest part of a building, and here we stayed till the "All Clear"!. I know of two houses locally which were left with only the staircase remaining and the occupants unharmed!.

Later in the war came the children's favourites - the Yanks! We used to dash to Cheadle Heath Station in the hope of meeting one or two and then the magic words "Any gum, Chum!?" And they never ever let us down!. For sweet-starved youngsters they were a God-send!.

My most hated memory is having to wear a kid's gas-mask, a red "Mickey Mouse" as they were called, everyone else had a grown-up proper mask!.""""""

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The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester in England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe!. Manchester was an important port and industrial city during the war, located in the North of England!.

The heaviest bombing raids occurred on the nights of 22/23 and 23/24 December 1940, killing an estimated 684 people and injuring 2,364!. Manchester Cathedral, the Royal Exchange and the Free Trade Hall were among the large buildings damaged!.

On the night of 22/23 December, 270 aircraft dropped 272 tons of high explosive and 1,032 incendiary bombs; on the second night, 171 aircraft dropped another 195 tons of high explosive and 893 incendiaries
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