Flashcards
The blitz notes
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- 1When was the Blitz?September 7, 1940 - May 10, 1941
- 2How many were killed in the Blitz?43, 000 People
- 3How many were made homeless?1,400,000 londoners
- 4How many people were killed in the first twelve hours?436 people
- 5What happened after two months into the Blitz?The Germans turned to other cities such as Liverpool, Glasgow and Coventry (after London).
- 6Who were the civil defence workers during the Blitz (x3)?- The AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE
- AIR RAID PRECAUTION (ARP) wardens
- FIRST AID POST - 7Who were these workers?Unpaid part-timers who also had other jobs. The ARP wardens - 1/6 of them were women.
- 8What did these workers do ie; during an air raid?They patrolled the areas after the siren raid siren had gone off and then called the emergency services. They were often the first people at the bombing scene and helped rescue people and put out fires.
- 9Why did the Germans bomb the British people?The German's aim was to lower the British Morale and force the British into surrender and submission.
- 10What did the British government do to prevent this ie; The spirit of the Blitz?They needed to keep the British Morale and so they controlled all forms of media like the newspapers and radios. They weren't allowed to publish the bad things about the Blitz, instead, they were told to concentrate of photographing the rescues and heroics during this time. People were encouraged to continue as normal - the spirit of the Blitz
- 11What were the main targets during the Blitz?Military or industrial targets
Docks and Factories in the East End- densely populated area
Dockyards- Bristol, Southampton, Portsmouth.
Coventry- November 1940
Manchester + North-west- December 1940
Liverpool- May 1941
Docks were devasted - 12What type of bombs were used by the Germans during the Blitz?- High Explosives - Exploded on impact or timed fuse
- Parachute mines - to tear apart concrete and steel buildings -the government didn't acknowledge that they existed until 1944
- Incendiaries - Dropped in huge numbers to start fires. - 13How effective was the Spirit of the Blitz? ie; What did it do?Industrial production in Coventry factories started again very quickly, In Clydebank, near Glasgow, the munitions factories began work again even though the town was practically inhabitabl.