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Line 4: {{Infobox military conflict \| conflict = Southampton Blitz \| partof = the [[Strategic bombing during World War II\|Strategic bombing campaign]] of [[World War II]] \| width = ~~\| partof =~~ \| image = Southampton blitz high street bomb damage.jpg \| image_size = Line 11: \| caption = Damage in Southampton following the Blitz \| date = 1940–1944 \| place = [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], England \| coordinates = \| map_type = Line 26: \| combatant2 = {{flag\|United Kingdom}} \| casualties1 = Unknown \| casualties2 = ~~137~~630 dead, circa 2000 injured. \| notes = \| campaignbox = campaignbox German bombing of Britain 1940–1941▼ }} ▲~~\| campaignbox =~~ {{campaignbox German bombing of Britain 1940–1941}} The '''Southampton Blitz''' was the [[Strategic bombing during World War II\|heavy bombing]] of [[Southampton]] by the [[Nazi German]] ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' during [[World War II]]. Southampton was a strategic bombing target for the Luftwaffe as it contained both busy docks with associated business premises and factories and the Supermarine factory building [[Supermarine Spitfire\|Spitfires]] in [[Woolston, Southampton\|Woolston]]. Being a large port city on the south coast it was within easy reach of German airfields in France. Line 54: ==Victims== Among the victims of the bombing was Edgar L. Perry, who had worked as a [[~~Coal trimmer\|~~coal trimmer]] on board the [[RMS Titanic\|RMS ''Titanic'']] in 1912. Perry, who had survived the sinking, perished along with his wife on 23 November 1940 as they sought shelter from the bombing.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/edgar-lionel-perry.html\|title=Mr Edgar Lionel Perry \|author=Encyclopedia Titanica \|work= Southampton Guide\|publisher=www.schmap.com\|access-date=13 April 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://southamptonstories.co.uk/story/blitz/ Blitz - Southampton Stories] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100415174425/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/47/a4622447.shtml BBC People's War - One child's memories of the Southampton Blitz] [https://archive.today/20130420104358/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/18/a2843318.shtml BBC People's War - getting bombed when home on leave] [http://www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/Southamptonatwar/southamptonsblitz/default.asp Soton Blitz on Plimsoll.org] [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2010/11/mapping-the-southampton-blitz-70-years-on/ Mapping the Southampton Blitz 70 years on - Ordnance Survey] {{The Blitz}} {{~~WWII city~~Strategic bombing~~\|state=autocollapse~~ during World War II}} [[Category:History of Southampton]]