What was the Blitz
The Blitz was a devastating bombing campaign by Germany on England during World War II, causing significant destruction and loss of life. This period of intense bombing targeted cities like London and lasted from 1940 to 1945. Evacuations and air raid shelters became common practices to protect civilians during this traumatic time. Learn more about this historical event and its impact on both countries involved.
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What was the Blitz ? What was the Blitz ? The Blitz was the bombing of England s cities in world war II.
1. The blitz was from 1940 to 1945 2. The countries fighting were: England and Germany 3. The bombs destroys 4,330 homes and killed 40,000 people 4. The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. ... Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall Hermann G ring, commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, ordered the new policy on 6 September 1940. 5. Before World War 2 began, Germany was ruled by a man named Adolf Hitler. Together with the Nazi Party, he wanted Germany to rule Europe. To gain more land and power, on 1 September 1939 German troops invaded Poland.
What was the Blitz ? What was the Blitz ? The Blitz was bombing The Blitz was bombing in World War II that in World War II that destroyed loads of destroyed loads of houses and killed a lot houses and killed a lot of people in UK and of people in UK and Germany . Germany .
The heavy and frequent The heavy and frequent bombing attacks on bombing attacks on London and other cities London and other cities was known as the was known as the 'Blitz'. Night after night, 'Blitz'. Night after night, from September 1940 from September 1940 until May 1941, until May 1941, German bombers German bombers attacked British cities, attacked British cities, ports and industrial ports and industrial areas. London was areas. London was bombed ever day and bombed ever day and night, bar one, for 11 night, bar one, for 11 weeks. One third of weeks. One third of London was destroyed. London was destroyed.
What was the Blitz ? What was the Blitz ?
They told the children to evacuate because they didn t want them to get bombed in the Blitz .They travelled by train and they had to leave their mum and dad . The country was split into three types of areas: Evacuation, Neutral and Reception, with the first Evacuation areas including places like Greater London, Birmingham and Glasgow, and Reception areas being rural such as Kent, East Anglia and Wales. Neutral areas were places that would neither send nor receive evacuees. They went to live with families that weren t theirs .
This is a Lancaster bomber this is what was used in World War II.
