Blitz' is an abbreviation of the German word ‘blitzkrieg’, meaning ‘lightning war’. This is a timeline of the almost ...
On 7 September 1940, having failed to defeat RAF Fighter Command in a summer of dog fights and bombing raids on British airfields, Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe, the German air force, to target ...
The Three Nights' Blitz began on 19 February 1941, killing 230 and injuring nearly 400. The three-night raid on Swansea in 1941 killed 230 people and left the city ...
BBC Factual has commissioned a standalone documentary and two new series, starting with the obs-doc series Emergency 24/7 from Expectation set to air on BBC One and iPlayer. The 6 x 60-minute series ...