[citation needed], Clydebank's production of ships and munitions for the Allies made it a target (similar to the Barrow Blitz). The Blitz effectively ended when Operation Sealion was abandoned in May 1941. The two nights saw 528 people dead and a further 617 residents seriously injured. Official assessment of damage to industrial production by Civil Defence Regional Commissioner, 3 April 1941. 528 people died, 617 people were seriously injured, and hundreds more were injured by blast debris. You can also look at some records and find more information in the National Records of Scotland here. "[3], Despite the devastation in the town itself, the Clydebank air raids were far from a military success. Communist sympathisers were regarded with distrust by their fellow workers and by the Government in London, which had put an Industrial Areas Campaign in place to keep an eye on Communists and to counteract the threat of a potential Communist takeover. The efforts of the workers ensured that, within a few weeks of the bombing of 13 March, industrial output on Clydebank had returned to the levels reached before the bombs had struck. From my personal…, The latest Tweets from PictureThis Scotland (@74frankfurt). 07901 515 891, OU in Scotland media enquiries:  Out of 12,000 homes, 4000 were completely destroyed and only seven properties were undamaged. Clydebank's housing bore the brunt of the raids. The ‘Blitz’ was a term used to describe the heavy bombing of London and other British cities during WW2 The attack on London by German bombers started on 7th […] Clydebank Blitz Damage Singer Clock visible, The keel of the QE2 was John Brown job number 736 was laid on 5 July 1965, the day after Cunard's 125th anniversary. Retrieved 5 December 2009. Professor Paul Gray, an experienced public sector leader in Scotland, has been appointed a Council member for The Open University. The first British air raid on a concentrated civilian population was over Mannheim on 16 December 1940 7. Denis’s conviction on … Episode 3 tells the story of what happened when the people of Clydebank found themselves at the heart of the German bombing campaign. Clydebank after it was bombed in the blitz leaving thousands homeless. 528 people died, 617 people were seriously injured, and hundreds more were injured by blast debris. The 13 and 14 March 1941 saw much of the town destroyed by the Luftwaffe’s bombs. So, for some loyal Communist Party members the war was not a just war against fascism but an imperialist war which ought not be fought. The Blitz came relatively late to Scotland. Jane Ferguson Then and now: the Queen Mary takes shape at a shipyard on the Clyde near Glasgow in 1934; now, the site is home to West College Scotland. The Clydebank Blitz refers to two devastating Luftwaffe air raids on the shipbuilding town of Clydebank in Scotland which took place in March 1941. But every year, the community remembers more than 500 Bankies who were killed in those two night raids. AND / OR Productions. ^ "War memorial and Solidarity Plaza". A war memorial is dedicated to the crew of a Polish destroyer, ORP Piorun, which helped defend the town from the docks of the John Brown & Company shipyard. Clydebank's housing bore the brunt of the raids. Twitter, OU Students clydebank pictures of the aftermath of the luftwaffes days of bombing the holy city of clydebank during ww2 Out of approximately 12,000 houses, only seven remained undamaged — with 4,000 completely destroyed and 4,500 severely damaged. Clydebank Blitz. AND / OR Productions. Taylor Les: "Luftwaffe over Scotland: a history of German air attacks on Scotland, 1939-45", Whittles Publishing, 2010, 160 pages. The worst of these attacks was the Clydebank Blitz, which took place on March 13 th and 14 th 1941. This policy (which led to a lot of communists leaving the party) lasted until the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941. [5] It is located directly opposite from the Town Hall, which has itself a shrine dedicated to those in Clydebank who died during World War I and World War II. Annika Mombauer is Professor of Modern European History at The Open University. Call 07879 868 917 team: Help with the University’s computing systems: Help with accessing the online library, referencing and using libraries near you: Scottish businesses spend almost £100 million on temporary staff - but redundancies continue to rise, Appointment of Prof Paul Gray to the OU Council, OpenLearn: free When the Blitz came to Clydebank, bombs rained on a workforce in which some 6,000 apprentices were engaged in a strike over their working conditions that had already lasted several days. The Clydebank Blitz refers to two devastating Luftwaffe air raids on the shipbuilding town of Clydebank in Scotland which took place in March 1941.