Much of South Belfast escaped the brunt of the Luftwaffe attacks in April and May 1941. There, hospitals tended the injured who arrived in their hundreds.
Belfast
Beit Street in South Belfast was home to Firewatcher Thomas George Bell. He was an early casualty of the Docks Raid on the night of 7th-8th April 1941.
Belvoir Forest Park, Belfast was a Headquarters for British Troops in Northern Ireland. There, the peace shattered occasionally with the sound of enemy planes.
Blackwater Street, Belfast
On the night of 15th April 1941, Luftwaffe bombs wreaked havoc in Blythe Street in South Belfast. The blasts destroyed more than 30 homes and left 15 dead.
Church Road runs along the edge of Belvoir Park Forest and is the setting of Knockbreda Cemetery where several casualties of the Belfast Blitz are buried.
Elmwood Avenue, Belfast was home to Moya Woodside, a Mass Observation Diarist who maintained a detailed journal of the early years of the Second World War.
Lisburn Road, Belfast remains a main thoroughfare to the City Centre. During the Belfast Blitz, hundreds of casualties arrived at the busy Union Infirmary.
Malone Avenue, Belfast