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Sheffield: The Forgotten Blitz

BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

Producer / Director: James Knight
Executive Producer: Andrew Sheldon
Executive Producer for BBC: Nicola Addyman

In December 1940, the full horror of World War Two came to Sheffield.  Over two nights, Luftwaffe raids left more than 600 dead and 40,000 homeless.

Author Terry Deary tracks down survivors and unearths never-before-published documents to investigate why the Germans laid waste to the city centre whilst virtually ignoring the steel works so vital to Britain's war effort.

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