Over the course of a series of air raids that became known as the Belfast Blitz, many hundreds of people died both in Belfast and across Northern Ireland.
Civilians
Belfast Blitz Casualties
On the night of 7th-8th April 1941, the Luftwaffe's first attack on Belfast resulted in the death of a number of civilians around the docks area of the city.
The majority of those killed in Belfast and Northern Ireland during the Luftwaffe raids did so on the night of 15th-16th April 1941 in the Easter Tuesday raid.
On the night of 4th-5th May 1941, the Luftwaffe's largest attack on Belfast resulted in the death of a number of civilians in the north and east of the city.