The Blitz

The Bomb Sight Project locates where German bombs fell on London during an eight-month period in World War II.

This map shows the locations where bombs fell on London during World War II

April 10, 2015Conflict

From December 1940 to July 1941 German planes carried out heavy bombing of London. The period, known as the “Blitz,” left some parts of London in ruins. Decades later, a team of researchers used data to create a map that locates where each bomb was dropped during that period.