Appendix 31: Tons of High Explosive aimed at United Kingdom Cities in Major Night Attacks from Night of 7th September 1940, to Night of 16th May 1941
(From German sources)
Target Area | No. of Major Raids | Tonnage |
London (whole period) | 71 | 18,800 |
London (after 14 November) | 14 | 5,149 |
Liverpool-Birkenhead | 8 | 1,957 |
Birmingham | 8 | 1,852 |
Glasgow-Clydeside | 5 | 1,329 |
Plymouth-Devonport | 8 | 1,228 |
Bristol-Avonmouth | 6 | 919 |
Coventry | 2 | 818 |
Portsmouth | 3 | 687 |
Southampton | 4 | 647 |
Hull | 3 | 593 |
Manchester | 3 | 578 |
Belfast | 2 | 440 |
Sheffield | 1 | 355 |
Newcastle-Tyneside | 1 | 152 |
Nottingham | 1 | *137 |
Cardiff | 1 | 115 |
NOTE: * See text, p. 280.