Letters to the Editor: Nazi bombs in Dublin were no accident

Extracts from surviving Luftwaffe aerial photographs taken in 1940 show that Nazi Germany had acquired detailed knowledge of Dublin

Adolf Hitler oversees his military troop during the Nazi occupation of Poland. File picture: Hulton/Getty

On May 31, 1941 between 1.55am and 2.10am, German bombs fell on Dublin, centred in the North Strand area of the city which resulted in many casualties and damage to property. 

Since then, historians have offered various reasons as to why the bombing occurred.