The bombing of Dublin's North Strand, 1941: the untold story
On the Whit bank holiday weekend of 1941, the neutral Irish capital was suddenly and inexplicably bombed by the German Luftwaffe.. - On a gloriously starry night four bombs fell, the last and most devastating at precisely 2:05 a.m. on 31 May. There was a thunderous explosion and the earth quaked. Tr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | On the Whit bank holiday weekend of 1941, the neutral Irish capital was suddenly and inexplicably bombed by the German Luftwaffe.. - On a gloriously starry night four bombs fell, the last and most devastating at precisely 2:05 a.m. on 31 May. There was a thunderous explosion and the earth quaked. Tremors were felt as far away as Enniskerry and Mullingar. Panic and pandemonium reigned in a "city seized with fear". Destruction was astonishing--homes and shops in the North Strand were largely demolished, 2,250 buildings in the city suffered some bomb damage, over forty people were killed, about 100 seriously injured, many more wounded. Hospitals and morgues filled within hours. Almost 2,000 people were rendered homeless refugees. It would later be determined that in terms of destructive performance a monstrous "perfect bomb" had done the deed. For two-thirds of a century, no book was written on what the Evening Herald proclaimed a "Night of Horror". Later called a "seismic event" in Dublin's history. Finally, near the end of the century both the Irish Military Archive and Dublin City Archive declassified their documents on the bombing -- some stamped "Secret" for sixty years. At last, the theories and myths long surrounding the mysterious incident could be examined in the light of real evidence. But the heart of a book on so human a tragedy is the oral historical testimony of survivors, rescuers and observers who provide graphic eye-witness accounts. This is a narrative social history of immense human drama. An on-the-scene account of calamity, terror, heroism and survival. And a mystery lingering long thereafter. This is the untold tale of a great historical event and human tragedy that has long needed telling. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
XIII
BOMB AREA REFERENCE MAP
XV
PROLOGUE
1
SECTION ONE
1.
Not Within an Ass s Roar
13
2.
A Luftwaffe New Year s Greeting
Зі
3·
Suburb of a City on Fire
43
4·
Belfast Ablaze
55
5·
The Merry Month of May
70
6.
A Little Village Unto Itself
79
7·
Whit Weekend
87
SECTION TWO
8.
Fairy Lights and Flaming Onions
97
9-
Get Up, Quick! We re Being Bombed!
103
10.
He s Coming Back!
114
11.
When Death Came Hurtling from a Starlit Sky
119
SECTION THREE
12.
Pandemonium
129
13.
Rescuers upon a Hellish Scene
146
14.
The Dead and the Lucky
155
SECTION FOUR
15.
Dawn and Dead Cats
180
l6.
The Morning After
I88
17·
Street of Sorrows
208
18.
Nightfall and Suspense
221
SECTION FIVE
19·
Whit Sunday Aftershock
228
20.
Whit Monday: An Uneasy Respite
24З
21.
The Coroner s Verdict
256
22.
A Muffled Peal of Bells
27O
23.
As the Hearses Passed By
278
24.
Friday Next
286
SECTION SIX
25.
June: Reflections and Reactions
294
26.
Faith, Miracles, and Lost Souls
309
27.
Cabra—
The Wild and Woolly West
ЗІ6
28.
Theories, Mysteries, and Myths
З24
29.
In Years Thereafter
337
NOTES
З51
BIBLIOGRAPHY
366
INDEX
З72
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