The Luftwaffe’s two day attacks, with the second coming on December 15, claimed the lives of more than 660 people, 1,500 were left injured and thousands more were made homeless.
The devastating attacks changed the face of Sheffield forever, flattening much of the city centre.
Over 330 German aircraft are believed to have been involved in the German assault on Sheffield.
The main industrial part of the city was largely protected that night by a covering of fog. However, The Moor was devastated and every building in Angel Street was bombed or fire damaged.
Two nights later, the bombers returned. This time the industrial east of the city was hit - Attercliffe, Grimesthorpe and Burngreave in particular.
Brown Bayleys steelworks were hit, as were Hadfield’s Hecla and East Hecla Works, Arthur Lee and other industrial sites.
Over 330 German aircraft are believed to have been involved in the German assault on Sheffield.
![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.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMzNDViYzY1LTgxZjEtNDRlNC1iZWY0LTRmZmM5NTc5MWNmMTo4ZmNiYzU4Yy1lMzk1LTQzZGQtYWYzNC01Y2FjZTgwZDg0MjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. 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
![The Redgates shop in Sheffield on fire in December 1940.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE3ODBlNWU0LWY3NTQtNDNjZi04YTY3LTg1OTQ3Yzg0OGI1ODo1Zjc4OGIzOC0yYTJiLTRhOTYtYjAxMy1hNTY0ZTQxZjZkM2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. 5 - Redgates shop
The Redgates shop in Sheffield on fire in December 1940. Photo: JPI Media
![Laver’s Bramall Lane offices the morning after the December, 1940, blitz.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRhOTU3NjgxLTViZTMtNDM1My04NjUyLTMwY2MyNjRhN2Y3MTplMDZlYzJjOS1lOWQ2LTQ1OGYtYWUwMS01ZmE0YjdlMzEyOGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Bramall Lane
Laver’s Bramall Lane offices the morning after the December, 1940, blitz. Photo: submit pics hr media
![A patriotic gesture in the aftermath of the Blitz in Sheffield](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA3NmVhNjBhLTQ1OGYtNDQ0Yy1hMTVkLWQ4ZjAyYTdiOGIxYjpmNjdmZmM1Ny1jOTFkLTQyZmEtOGM2Yy1kNDZlZGNjZDFmNDg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Flying the flag
A patriotic gesture in the aftermath of the Blitz in Sheffield Photo: Neil Anderson