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Lorry packed with petrol bombs for use in Allied air raids.

These 'jettisonable tanks' were made at the Nicholson and Bass factory in Alfred Street. These types of incendiaries created terrible fire storms in German cities such as Hamburg and Dresden. Over 100,000 civilians are thought to have died in these two cities alone.

Case Study

  1. The Blitz—Belfast during the second World War