Victims, not victors of the Blitz (From York Press)

Victims, not victors of the Blitz

11:45am Saturday 31st July 2010 in

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WHILE I agree with the final paragraph of T Scaife’s letter of July 27, I wonder if Mr Scaife was born before or after the Second World War. Does he know the full story of the Blitz?

On September 7, 1940, the Luftwaffe bombed the East End of London throughout the night, causing more than 450 civilian deaths and approx 1,500 casualties.

These raids continued every night for the next 55 nights. Casualties then were 13,000 killed and 20,000 injured.

Then, on the night of December 29, 10,000 incendiary bombs were dropped on the City of London.

During 1944, we were terrorised by the V1 and V2 pilotless rocket bombs.

The Blitz was hell for us Londoners and the inhabitants of many other English cities – Coventry, Southampton, Plymouth, Bristol, to name a few.

Cities were flattened beyond recognition by continuous bombing.

There are always two sides to every story, but let us be sure of one thing... war doesn’t paint pretty pictures. There are no victors, only victims.

Mrs J Wright, Mallard Way, Haxby, York.