As the Luftwaffe attacked Northern Ireland in 1941, they did not discriminate between Catholic and Protestant households across working-class West Belfast.
Belfast
Bromley Street, Belfast
Eastland Street ran between Cupar Street and Crossland Street in the Shankill area of West Belfast. On 15th-16th April 1941, Luftwaffe bombs caused damage.
Along Falls Road, Belfast stand Belfast City Cemetery and Milltown Cemetery where the bodies of hundreds who died as a result of the Belfast Blitz lie.
Glencairn Crescent, Belfast
Following the Luftwaffe attacks of April and May 1941, many residents of Belfast travelled to Grosvenor Road for treatment at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Ohio Street, Belfast
During the Easter Raid of the Belfast Blitz, bombs fell on Percy Street, Belfast. Several locals died as a result including some in a Public Air Raid Shelter.
Bombs fell on Shankill Road in the west of the city of Belfast on the night of 15th-16th April 1941 resulting in the death of local butcher Robert Belshaw.
Springfield Road, Belfast