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===Clydebank blitz=== On 13 and 14 March 1941, [[Luftwaffe]] bombers attacked various targets in and around Clydebank. In what became known as the [[Clydebank Blitz]], the town was seriously damaged as were the local shipyards, the Dalnottar Royal Navy [[oil depot]]<ref>{{Canmore|num=105838|desc=Dalnottar, Mountblow, Royal Navy Oil Storage Tanks|access-date=2017-11-18}}</ref> and the [[Singer Corporation|Singer's Sewing Machine]] factory.<ref>[http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Libraries/Collections/Blitz/Clydebank/ "Clydebank", ''Blitz on Clideside''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512025638/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Libraries/Collections/Blitz/Clydebank/ |date=12 May 2011 }}. Retrieved 9 June 2011.</ref><ref>I.M.M. MacPhail ''The Clydebank Blitz''</ref> Over the two days 528 civilians were killed and over 617 people were seriously injured.<ref>[http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturies/worldwarii/clydebankblitz/index.asp "Clydebank Blitz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701160802/http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturies/worldwarII/clydebankblitz/index.asp |date=1 July 2011 }}, ''Scotland's History''. Retrieved 9 June 2011.</ref>
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