Belfast City Centre came under attack from the Luftwaffe in 1941. During the Belfast Blitz, Bridge Street, High Street, and other streets sustained damage.
Belfast
During the Second World War, Bedford Street in the City Centre was home to organisations like Ulster Gift Fund Headquarters as well as the iconic Ulster Hall.
Following the Luftwaffe air raids on Belfast in April and May 1941, Bridge Street in the city centre was almost unrecognisable due to the severity of damage.
College Square East in Belfast City Centre is home to the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, a school where many future service personnel were educated.
During the Belfast Blitz of April and May 1941, Luftwaffe bombs fell on Donegall Place in the city centre, destroying older buildings such as The Ulster Arcade.
Belfast City Hall on Donegall Square North suffered damage to the roof and the ornate banqueting hall during the Belfast Blitz of April and May 1941.
The lower end of Donegall Street, Belfast sustained heavy damage during the Belfast Blitz of April and May 1941 but the city's cathedral remained standing.
A memorial to employees of the Great Northern Railway who gave their lives in both World Wars is on display at Lanyon Place Station on East Bridge Street.
During Wings For Victory Savings Week in 1943, a Short Stirling and a Handley Page Halifax stood in an area of High Street, Belfast cleared following the Blitz.
The lower end of North Street, Belfast sustained heavy damage in the Fire Raid of the Belfast Blitz with buildings reduced to rubble and cleared away by 1942.
During the Belfast Blitz, bombs fell on Royal Avenue in the city centre causing damage to the registered offices of the Belfast Telegraph newspaper and library.
Talbot Street in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter is home to the Northern Ireland War Memorial, a museum for those interested in life on the home front in wartime.
Waring Street was one of many streets in Belfast city centre that sustained heavy damage as the Luftwaffe dropped firebombs over the area in April and May 1941.
