The Modern City · event 2 of 12

1940

The Christmas Blitz. Two nights of raids on 22 and 23 December kill around 680 people and destroy a large part of the centre. A landmine takes off the corner of the cathedral, which stands open to the sky for years.

The The Modern City era

  1. 1917
  2. 1940
  3. 1948
  4. 1958
  5. 1976
  6. 1982
  7. 1992
  8. 1996
  9. 2002
  10. 2017
  11. 2023
  12. 2025

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