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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Southampton Blitz
| partof = the [[Strategic bombing during World War II|Strategic bombing campaign]] of [[World War II]]
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| image = Southampton blitz high street bomb damage.jpg
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| casualties2 = 137
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| campaignbox = {{campaignbox German bombing of Britain 1940–1941}}▼
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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.
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* [https://southamptonstories.co.uk/story/blitz/ Blitz - Southampton Stories]
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