Bombed Out
December 5, 2012 | ∞ Henry Grabar, writing for The Atlantic Cities, reports on an interactive map that plots the locations of all the bombs dropped on London during the London Blitz (October 7, 1940 - June 6, 1941):
To really appreciate the scope of the attacks, though, you must explore the Bomb Sight Map, a project that plots the records of the Bomb Census Survey on a digital map of London. The interactive project, produced by Jisc in collaboration with Portsmouth University and the National Archives, shows the location and type of every bomb that fell on Greater London between October and June, along with links to accompanying photographs and other resources.
The resulting map is truly amazing and makes you appreciate how fortunate it is that some of the iconic buildings of historic London were saved.
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