The Sunderland Blitz was a bombing campaign by the German ''Luftwaffe'' against the British city of

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...

during the larger bombing campaign of Britain from 1940 to 1943. Sunderland was an important ship building city and port during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. 273 civilians were killed and 838 injured during the bombing. Bombing of the city began on 21 June 1940 and ended on 24 May 1943. An estimated 90% of the city's buildings were damaged, and 1,000 destroyed. The worst raids happened on 14 and 24 May 1943 when 152 people were killed and 512 injured.

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