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Birmingham is the third most heavily bombed UK city during the war, behind London and Liverpool. During the Blitz 2,241 people are killed, and 3,010 seriously injured. A total of 12,391 houses, 302 factories and 239 other buildings are destroyed, with many more damaged. Overall, around 2,000 tons of bombs are dropped on Birmingham during the conflict. Here is a view of Birmingham taken from a German battle plane,during an air attack in Sep 1940. Destroyed industrial plants are marked with rectangles, bomb craters marked with circles, photograph courtesy of AP PHOTOGRAPHSView attachment 57276