first bomb on the City of London in the Second World War stone plaque

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# First Bomb on the City of London Standing on Fore Street in the early hours of August 25th, 1940, the residents and workers of the City of London had no idea they were about to witness history—though not the kind they would have chosen. At precisely 12:15 A.M., a German bomb screamed out of the n...

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On this site at 12.15 A.M on the 25th August 1940 fell the first bomb on the City of London in the Second World War