Homes were destroyed, dozens of lives lost and hundreds of people were injured.
But the Germans lost the battle of the skies so badly, they never returned in the same numbers again.
The archives of the Sunderland Echo and Hartlepool Mail contain these photographs of the damage caused to our neighbourhoods in those days – and how the people of the North East fought on through it all.
The archives of the Sunderland Echo and Hartlepool Mail contain these photographs of the damage caused to our neighbourhoods in those days – and how the people of the North East fought on through it all.
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