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Cardiff Blitz

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The Cardiff Blitz refers to the bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II. [1]

23 relations: Canton, Cardiff, Cardiff, Cardiff Docks, Cathays (electoral ward), Cork (city), Grangetown, Cardiff, Incendiary device, Ireland, Irish Sea, Llandaff Cathedral, Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany, Operation Chastise, Parachute mine, River Severn, Riverside, Cardiff, Robert Falcon Scott, Scouting, Strategic bombing during World War II, The Blitz, Timeline of World War II (1940), Wales, World War II.

Canton, Cardiff

Canton (Treganna) is an inner-city district and community in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales, lying west of the city's civic centre.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff Docks

Cardiff Docks is a port in southern Cardiff, Wales.

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Cathays (electoral ward)

The Cathays electoral ward of Cardiff consists of some or all of the following areas: Blackweir, Cardiff city centre, Cathays, Cathays Park and Maindy in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff Central.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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Grangetown, Cardiff

Grangetown (Welsh: usually Grangetown, also Trelluest) is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales.

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Incendiary device

Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using fire (and sometimes used as anti-personnel weaponry), that use materials such as napalm, thermite, magnesium powder, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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Llandaff Cathedral

Llandaff Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf) is an Anglican cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Operation Chastise

Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, later called the Dam Busters, using a purpose-built "bouncing bomb" developed by Barnes Wallis.

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Parachute mine

A parachute mine is a naval mine dropped from an aircraft by parachute.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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Riverside, Cardiff

Riverside (Glan yr Afon) is an inner-city area and community of Cardiff, Wales, next to the River Taff.

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Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904) and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913).

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Scouting

Scouting or the Scout Movement is a movement that aims to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society, with a strong focus on the outdoors and survival skills.

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Strategic bombing during World War II

Strategic bombing during World War II was the sustained aerial attack on railways, harbours, cities, workers' housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory during World War II.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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Timeline of World War II (1940)

This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Blitz

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