Edinburgh Castle, the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Bangour Village Hospital became military hospitals. Prepared to defend their country to the last, Edinburgh and its patriotic citizens rallied to support the Allied efforts as the Scottish Command Headquarters during the war. Still recovering from the aftermath of World War One, the world plunged into another deadly battle.
Thousands of Scots died and tens of thousands became homeless in the wake of World War Two. The Luftwaffe bombed Clydebank, Glasgow, Greenock, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee in a series of air raids. So, we’re taking a look at Edinburgh and Scotland at war, and the effects of this devastating historic event.Īs the war began in 1939, Scotland was an industrial British stronghold, with many factories, coal mines, engineering works and shipyards. Today marks 72 years since the end of the Second World War.
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