Due to its strategic proximity to the northern coast of France and its naval pre-eminence, the city was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War, an event known as the Plymouth Blitz.
@Fukfacewillie Yes it got hammered. My mum was moved to cornwall as a child when thousands were evacuated. Prior to that they were running to bomb shelters here.
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