London was targeted again on 15/16 November while KG 1 flew a full-strength bombing attack against Hastings . On 16/17 November two three - '' Gruppen '' attacks were made against London while I. / KG 1 bombed Birmingham and Coventry again on 18/19 November . On 19/20 and 20/21 November KG 1 bombed Birmingham again with all three groups . I '' Gruppe '' flew a second sortie to London while all three groups attacked an airfield in the north of London . KG 1 mounted particularly heavy air attacks on 22/23 November . It flew one full-strength operation against Birmingham and London . A third operation was carried out against Portsmouth , although Eastney and Eastleigh were hit instead . A fourth mission was flown against Eastbourne . On 24/24 November KG 1 turned to bombing Bristol , Birmingham and Coventry . On 27/28 and 28/29 November KG 1 began all-group attacks over Plymouth and Liverpool ; London ( 29/30 November ) , Bristol ( 2/3 December ) , Birmingham , London ( 3/4 December ) by I. / KG 1 , Birmingham and Sheerness ( 11/12 December ) , Sheffield and Ramsgate ( 12/13 December ) , London ( 21/22 December and 22/23 December ) with I. and III . / KG 1 respectively , Manchester and London ( 23/24 December ) . 1 bombed London again on 29/30 December , a night which is referred to as the Second Great Fire of London because of the damaged caused by the Luftwaffe . Over 27,499 incendiaries and over 100 tonnes of bombs were dropped on London by 136 aircraft that night which caused a firestorm devastated the old City of London . The Luftwaffe targeted ports in January 1941 . , In February port-targets became top priority , but planners persisted in operating against cities in the interior . III '' Gruppe '' bombed Cardiff and Salisbury on 2/3 January , Dungeness ( 3/4 January ) , Hastings ( 9/10 January ) , Portsmouth ( 10/11 January ) , Southampton ( 19/20 January ) . III '' Gruppe '' completed January operations with bombing operations against Stechford , The Wash , twice on 22 January , Stetchford – Margate – Hayes and Portsmouth on 28 January . On 29 and 30 January 1941 III '' Gruppe '' bombed Newcastle and then Stechford and London respectively . Night operations were complicated at this time with the emergence of Wing Commander Edward Addison 's No. 80 Wing RAF which was dedicated to the jamming of high-frequency German beams ; though the success of British countermeasures in 1940 and 1941 were minimal
Second Great Fire of London
Second Great Fire of London
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