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A close-up of the Titanic memorial. It reads:
Notice that the memorial is pock-marked and realize this monument
sat
here through the Second World War. Between 1940 and 1942, 2,596
people
were killed, thousands more injured, and 11,000 homes destroyed by
bombs
dropped on Liverpool. The docks all around this monument, and
other
docks up-and-down the Mersey, were the primary targets. In
England,
only London was bombed more heavily. Most of the war supplies and
troops from the U.S. were shipped to Liverpool. The
Atlantic
command headquarters was also there (and it still is- a neat
underground
tour now).
Here is an offsite link to a page in the National Museum's site
describing the Liverpool Blitz.
Follow the "time" buttons.