Strandburn Street, East Belfast lies off Connsbrook Avenue. The street suffered damage during the 1941 Belfast Blitz with school buildings almost destroyed.
Dock Street, Belfast
Belfast
Dock Street in North Belfast lies off Pilot Street in Belfast's old Sailortown District. This area is near where the US Army first landed in January 1942.
Donegall Street, Belfast
Belfast
Donegall Street lies in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. St. Anne's Cathedral is one of a few buildings in the area to survive the Belfast Blitz.
Earl Street, Belfast
Belfast
You will not find Earl Street on a modern map of Belfast. During the Second World War, the street was the site of a fatal stabbing by an American GI.
Holy Rood Church, Southampton, Hampshire
Holy Rood Church in Southampton is a reminder of the devastation wreaked by the Luftwaffe in 1940 but it's also a memorial with links to the city of Belfast
Royal Naval Air Station, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
Royal Naval Air Station Eastleigh, known as HMS Raven during the war, operated under the command of the Royal Navy and is known as the home of the Spitfire.
Royal Naval Aircraft Yard, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Airport Road, Belfast, Co. Down
The name of the George Best City Airport in Belfast has changed many times over the years but during World War Two it was a busy Royal Naval Aircraft Yard.
Sydenham Airfield, Belfast
Belfast
Now George Best City Airport in Belfast but from 1939 to 1941, the dockside airfield site was RAF Sydenham and was home to Bomber Command 88 Squadron.
Belfast Lough, Belfast
Belfast
Today, Belfast Lough is a tranquil waterway but in the months preceding the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, it was a hive of military activity.