battle, interwar and Second World War
Newcastle Blitz
Newcastle Blitz was a battle fought in 1940 at Newcastle upon Tyne, in what is now United Kingdom; it lasted about 2 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Newcastle upon Tyne. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1940 (year precision) to 1942 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom 54.978N, 1.613W | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | ~400 |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Newcastle 1644, same recorded site
- Battle of Newburn 1640, 8.8 km W
- Battle of Boldon Hill 1644, 12 km E
- Siege of Durham 1006, 23 km S
- Battle of Neville's Cross 1346, 23 km S
In the same war
- Before: bombardments of Venlo 1940
- After: Bombing of Kaiserslautern in World War II 1940
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1940
- the Blitz United Kingdom
- Bombing of Tokyo Japan
- Japanese invasion of French Indochina Vietnam
- Coventry Blitz United Kingdom
- Hundred Regiments Offensive China
Newcastle Blitz is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q24967498, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Newcastle Blitz, revision 1370629558, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.