<p>The Liverpool of early September 1939 wasa thriving port and bustling city of over800,000 people.WorldWarTwo changedthis forever Between the 27th June 1940 andthe I0th January 1942 Hitler's Luftwaffe raineddown death and destruction on the city,reducing many fine buildings to either burntout shells or piles of rubble. During the firstweek of May 1941 alone the raids killed 1,453people and seriously injured around anotherthousand.The intervening 70 years have seen the cityundergo drastic changes: docks that no longerhave ships berthed there, terraced streetsthat have been cleared to make way formodern housing and grand old buildingsthat have been demolished in the name ofprogress. For many people wartime imagesof Liverpool are almost unrecognisable, suchis the facelift the city has undergone.</p>

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Halsgrove Publishing

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