The Luftwaffe’s two day attacks, with the second coming on December 15, took the lives of more than 660 people, 1,500 were left injured and 40,000 were made homeless. Sheffield was left scarred, broken and in pieces. Here are a selection of photos from those times.
5. 6 - Devonshire Street
The scene looking down Devonshire Street toward where The Forum is now after the Sheffield Blitz Photo: neil anderson
6. 7 - Destroyed
Documents captured at the end of the war showed that the targets for the raids included the Atlas Steelworks, Brown Bayley Steelworks, Meadowhall Iron Works, River Don Works, Darnall Wagon Works, Tinsley Park Collieries, East Hecla Works and Orgreave Coke Ovens. Photo: Chris Lawton
7. 8 - Angel Street
The destruction of Angel Street after the Blitz - Peter Tuffrey collection Photo: Peter Tuffrey
8. 9 - Bramall Lane
Laver’s Bramall Lane offices the morning after the December, 1940, blitz. Photo: submit pics hr media