Manchester Blitz

Manchester Blitz
	Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II
	; Firefighters putting out a blaze at a bomb site in Manchester city centre
Date	1940–1942
Location	Manchester
Result	Manchester damaged by German air raids
Belligerents
Nazi Germany	United Kingdom
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1,000

The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the German Luftwaffe. It was one of three major raids^[a] on Manchester, an important inland port and industrial city; Trafford Park in neighbouring Stretford was a major centre of war production.

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