Swansea Blitz - A Narrow Escape
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A Swansea resident recalls the effects of the Swansea blitz and her narrow escape.
In 1941, in the Second World War,Swansea suffered three days of bombing from the Luftwaffe. A Swansea resident recalls the effects of the Swansea blitz and her narrow escape in a raid which killed her mother.
From:
People's History of Wales On the Home Front: World War Two
First broadcast
:
14 March 1996
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9, 9-11, 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : Second World War
Notes : Can use to look at the Second World War - as an introduction to the Swansea Blitz, to look at everyday life in the second world war, or as part of study into the history of Swansea
