Like many regional cities, Liverpool had its fair share of bombing from the Luftwaffe. The city was strategically important, not only as a port, but as a receiving-house for goods that could keep Britain going during the darkest days of World War Two. To knock out the harbors and paralyze commerce would have been a distinct advantage.
The city endured its worst moments during 1941, when it was attacked on an almost daily basis. The death-toll was second only to London, with most of the city's major landmarks being hit.
Les Dennis, a native Liverpudlian himself, tells the story of how the city endured almost continual suffering. Many of the people interviewed were only children at the time of the Blitz; but their memories were as vivid then as they probably were seventy-five years ago.
The overriding impression of the documentary was of the sheer futility of the bombing campaign - not just in Liverpool, but in all cities in Great Britain and Germany. Destroying buildings and killing innocent citizens did not destroy morale; it simply stiffened the resolve of the locals to resist any invading force by whatever possible means, even if that resistance might have been token.
The city endured its worst moments during 1941, when it was attacked on an almost daily basis. The death-toll was second only to London, with most of the city's major landmarks being hit.
Les Dennis, a native Liverpudlian himself, tells the story of how the city endured almost continual suffering. Many of the people interviewed were only children at the time of the Blitz; but their memories were as vivid then as they probably were seventy-five years ago.
The overriding impression of the documentary was of the sheer futility of the bombing campaign - not just in Liverpool, but in all cities in Great Britain and Germany. Destroying buildings and killing innocent citizens did not destroy morale; it simply stiffened the resolve of the locals to resist any invading force by whatever possible means, even if that resistance might have been token.
