The Worst Night of Destruction As Lewis's Is Hit

Daily PostMay 04, 2011

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LEWIS'S, Liverpool's landmark department store, fell victim to the Luftwaffe during the May Blitz of 1941 when Merseyside endured a relentless week of bombing.

Saturday, May 3, will probably live on as the most fearsome and destructive of all the raids. Between sundown and dawn, wave after wave of bombers throbbed overhead, pouring thousands of tons of high explosives and incendiaries on to the city.

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The Worst Night of Destruction As Lewis's Is Hit

Lewis's great store with its roof menagerie was destroyed after taking a direct hit.

One of the victims that ni...

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