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Glasgow was never a deliberate target of bombing during WWII. Some bombs did land on the city during raids on neighbouring Clydebank. Those raids took place on the 13th and 14th of March 1941. It is thought that the target was the John Brown ship yards and nearby ordinance factories.

On 13th and 14th of March 1941, German bombers attacked the Clydeside area. The bombing was concentrated on Clydebank though some bombs fell wide of the target. There were 260 bombers on the first night - waves of high-explosive bombs, incendiary bombs and land-mines were dropped over a nine-hour period. The second night, 200 bombers returned. Their bombing raid lasted over seven and a half hours. Over the two days 528 civilians were killed, over 617 people were seriously injured, and several housing schemes were completely wiped out; 48,000 civilians lost their homes.

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