Not all of the Luftwaffe's effort was made against inland cities. Port cities were also attacked to try to disrupt trade and sea communications. In January Swansea was bombed four times, very heavily. On 17 January around 100 bombers dropped a high concentration of incendiaries, some 32,000 in all. The main damage was inflicted on the commercial and domestic areas. Four days later 230 tons was dropped including 60,000 incendiaries. In Portsmouth Southsea and Gosport waves of 150 bombers destroyed vast swaths of the city with 40,000 incendiaries. Warehouses, rail lines and houses were destroyed and damaged, but the docks were largely untouched. COUNT 5
QSN1 Why were port cities targeted by the Luftwaffe? ANS1 to try to disrupt trade and sea communications QSN2 How many times was Swansea bombed heavily? ANS2 four times QSN3 What was primarily damaged in the attacks? ANS3 commercial and domestic areas QSN4 What cities had large sections of them destroyed? ANS4 Portsmouth Southsea and Gosport QSN5 What was left mostly unharmed? ANS5 the docks