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The Cardiff Blitz refers to the bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II. At the time, Cardiff Docks was one of the biggest coal ports in the world and, for a few years before World War I, it handled a greater tonnage of cargo than either London or Liverpool. Consequently, it was heavily bombed by the Nazi German Luftwaffe due to its industrial importance and was one of the cities affected by the mass civilian evacuation. Llandaff Cathedral, amongst many other civilian buildings caught in the raids, was damaged by the bombing in 1941.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Llandaffcathedral.org.uk )〕 More than 2,100 bombs fell in the Cardiff district in nearly four years until the final air raid in March 1944, during the period of the Operation Steinbock raids on the southern UK. In total 355 were killed and 502 injured.〔(BBC News | Cardiff's 'worst night' of Blitz remembered 70 years on )〕 On the final raid, one of the bombers mistook the Irish Sea for the River Severn and bombed Cork in Ireland. ==Bombing raids== In 1940 Luftwaffe raids occurred on 3 July, 10 July, 12 July and 7 August. Despite the Battle of Britain, in 1941 New Year raids occurred on 2 January, 3 January, 10 January then sustained raids developed on 27 February, through 1 March, 4 March, 12 March, 20 March, 3 April, 12 April, 29 April, 30 April, 4 May, to 11 May. In 1942 fewer raids occurred but two occurred on 30 June and 2 July. In 1943 some of the last raids occurred on 7 May and 17–18 May, the raid on 17 May believed by the British press to be in retaliation for the Dambusters raid hit the train station, and a unexploded bomb threatened to stop rail traffic. The bombers used included Dornier Do17 and later Dornier Do 217, Junkers Ju 88 and Messerschmitt Bf 110. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cardiff Blitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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