Birmingham Blitz
August 9, 1940 – April 23, 1943 · Birmingham
Result Heavy damage to city by German air raids
German aircraft repeatedly bombed Birmingham and nearby towns in England as part of the wider Blitz. The raids caused heavy damage and many civilian deaths in the industrial Midlands.
Germany
United Kingdom
Units
Luftwaffe
Albert Kesselring
Alexander Löhr
Alfred Schlemm
Hans Graf von Sponeck
Helmut Schmidt
Hermann Göring
Hugo Sperrle
Karl Carstens
Kurt Kuhlmey
Kurt Student
Leonhard Kaupisch
Max Pruss
Otto Deßloch
Prince Christoph of Hesse
Walter Scheel
Werner Junck
Wolfram von Richthofen
Kampfgeschwader 51
Kampfgeschwader 55