The Leeds Blitz comprised nine air raids on the city by the Nazi German Luftwaffe. The heaviest raid took place on the night of March 14 and March 15 in 1941, affecting the city centre, Beeston, Bramley and Armley. The city was subjected to other raids during the Second World War, but they were relatively minor. The March 1941 raid claimed the lives of 65 people, destroying 100 houses with another 4,600 sustaining damage. READ MORE: 40 photo gems of Leeds city centre from the 1940s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
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Extensive damage on to these terrace houses on Willoughby Row at Holbeck after an air raid. The front walls of two have been completely blown away. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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A museum on Park Row in the city centre following air raid damage in March 1941 which destroyed the front as well as many exhibits. The museum reopened with a concrete rendering and included a miniature coal mine. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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A view looking from Russell Street along Park Row. The museum which was damaged by an air raid in March 1941 can be seen on the right. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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A communal surface shelter at Stanningley in March 1941. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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The front of the Town Hall, along Calverley Street. A policeman stands to the left, dwarfed by one of Keyworth's lions. To the right, barriers surround the bomb damaged area, roughly where the Calverley Street entrance is. The Civic Hall is visible in the background.
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What is left of an interior staircase after a German bomb fell onto Leeds Town Hall, damaging the Calverley Street side in March 1941.