Hull had more buildings damaged than anywhere else outside London. Though these were over a long period. Coventry's damage was done in one night. Though Liverpool had nearly 4 times more killed than Hull. Got a booklet somewhere my dad was given when he returned home after the war. It describes the bomb damage in the war and says that though it wasn't widely appreciated Hull had a higher percentage of buildings damaged and a higher percentage made homeless than anywhere else. If the same percentage had applied to London that would have been about 4 million homeless. Though, to put it in context, it is estimated 4,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Hull in the 6 years of war. That city where we played the preseason friendly in Germany, a similar size to Hull, had 10,000 tons of bombs dropped on it in one raid lasting 2 nights, the heaviest tonnage of bombs dropped in one raid in the war. Coventry is indeed a soulless place. That awful concrete and glass part of the centre was supposedly based in part on plans for Hull after the war which were turned down.
