Название: The Bombing of Dublin's North Strand, 1941: The Untold Story
Автор: Kevin C. Kearns
Издательство: Gill Books
ISBN: 0717146014
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 400
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 17,7 МБ
Язык: Английский
On a gloriously starry night four bombs fell, the last and most devastating at precisely 2:05 a.m. on 31 May. There was a thunderous explosion and the earth quaked. Tremors were felt as far away as Enniskerry and Mullingar. Panic and pandemonium reigned in a "city seized with fear". Destruction was astonishing-homes and shops in the North Strand were largely demolished, 2,250 buildings in the city suffered some bomb damage, over forty people were killed, about 100 seriously injured, many more wounded. Hospitals and morgues filled within hours. Almost 2,000 people were rendered homeless refugees. It would later be determined that in terms of destructive performance a monstrous "perfect bomb" had done the deed. For two-thirds of a century, no book was written on what the Evening Herald proclaimed a "Night of Horror".