page_title: Cardiff Blitz
hierarchical_section_title: Cardiff Blitz
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of damage in Cathays during the Cardiff Blitz caused when 2 parachute landmines detonated, killing 23 people.
context_page_description: The Cardiff Blitz; refers to the bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II. Between 1940 and the final raid on the city in March 1944 approximately 2,100 bombs fell, killing 355 people.
  Cardiff Docks became a strategic bombing target for German Luftwaffe as it was one of the biggest coal ports in the world. Consequently, it and the surrounding area were heavily bombed. Llandaff Cathedral, amongst many other civilian buildings caught in the raids, was damaged by the bombing in 1941.
context_section_description: The Cardiff Blitz (Welsh: Blitz Caerdydd); refers to the bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II. Between 1940 and the final raid on the city in March 1944 approximately 2,100 bombs fell, killing 355 people.
  Cardiff Docks became a strategic bombing target for German Luftwaffe (the Nazi German  air force) as it was one of the biggest coal ports in the world. Consequently, it and the surrounding area were heavily bombed. Llandaff Cathedral, amongst many other civilian buildings caught in the raids, was damaged by the bombing in 1941.
caption: Area of damage caused in Cathays by 2 parachute landmines killing 23.
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