Video: "1941 Londons May 10th Blitz L2845'

(Saturday, May 10, 1941, 11:02 p.m.-5:57 a.m. British Double Summer Time; during The Blitz part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II) — The last major attack by German forces on London during The Blitz began tonight as the Luftwaffe flew 571 sorties and dropped 800 tonnes of bombs, causing more than 2,000 fires.

1,436 people were killed and 1,792 seriously injured.

Video: "The World At War: Alone (May 1940 – May 1941)" (London attacked at 50:46)

The Blitz came to an end the following day on May 11, 1941, as Adolf Hitler now had his sights set on attacking the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa.