Blitz' is an abbreviation of the German word ‘blitzkrieg’, meaning ‘lightning war’. This is a timeline of the almost ...

On the 85th anniversary of the Blitz and ahead of a new play about it, BBC News NI talks to 93-year-old Reggie who lived ...

The Three Nights' Blitz began on 19 February 1941, killing 230 and injuring nearly 400. The three-night raid on Swansea in 1941 killed 230 people and left the city ...

On 7 September 1940, having failed to defeat RAF Fighter Command in a summer of dog fights and bombing raids on British airfields, Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe, the German air force, to target ...