tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433938713207283472.post8009011080968326845..comments2023-11-02T08:30:45.484-07:00Comments on Scots Great and Small, People and Places: Ernie Pyle Visits Edinburgh in 1941wayne rethfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15421580346280859676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433938713207283472.post-50149785564242928042011-12-03T07:13:18.146-08:002011-12-03T07:13:18.146-08:00I believe that Edinburgh was not bombed during Wor...I believe that Edinburgh was not bombed during World War II. The first raid was on the Forth and the first British casualty was a woman standing by her kitchen sink in Salamander Street, Leith. Her house was hit by a British anti-aircraft shell which missed the German aircraft it was aimed at. She survived. The Nazis concentrated on trying to bomb the nearby Forth Rail Bridge as that would have been a wonderful propaganda coup for them. They also tried to bomb one of the islands in the middle of the Forth as it is shaped like a warship. They claimed to have sunk it several times!<br />The west coast took most of the bombs as it was much more industrial. All of the towns along the Clyde were targeted - Glasgow,Clydebank and even Dumbarton where I was brought up. There were still old bomb sites around the area when I was growing up in the 1970s but they've been built on in the last few years.<br />I've been enjoying reading your interesting posts.Katrinahttp://piningforthewest.co.uknoreply@blogger.com