battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Liverpool Blitz
Liverpool Blitz was a battle fought in 1940 at Liverpool, in what is now United Kingdom; it lasted about 2 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Liverpool. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Liverpool heavily damaged by German air raids.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1940 (year precision) to 1942 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Liverpool, United Kingdom 53.407N, 2.992W | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 4,000 |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Ormskirk 1644, 19 km N
- Siege of Lathom House 1645, 22 km NE
- Battle of Holywell Castle 1213, 22 km SW
- Siege of Lathom House 1645, 23 km NE
- Battle of Ewloe 1157, 24 km S
In the same war
- Before: Manchester Blitz 1940
- After: Namsos Campaign 1940
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1940
- the Blitz United Kingdom
- Bombing of Tokyo Japan
- Japanese invasion of French Indochina Vietnam
- Coventry Blitz United Kingdom
- Hundred Regiments Offensive China
Liverpool Blitz is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q6658321, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Liverpool Blitz, revision 1384919494, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.