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The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, for eight months, from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941, during the Second World War. [4]The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities, beginning with raids on London, towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 (a battle for daylight air superiority, between the Luftwaffe and the ...
The Second Great Fire of London in December 1940 was caused by one of the most destructive air raids of the Blitz during World War II. The Luftwaffe raid caused fires over an area greater than that of the Great Fire of London in 1666, [2] leading one American correspondent to say in a cable to his office that "The second Great Fire of London has begun". [3]
Delivery After Raid (1940). Delivery After Raid, also popularly known as The London Milkman, is a black and white photograph taken by Fred Morley on 9 October 1940. [1] The image shows a milkman making his delivery along a street with buildings destroyed by German bombers during The Blitz in Holborn, Central London.
A popular image of the London Blitz holds that all Londoners pulled together, with high morale in the face of bombing. [163] This was certainly an image that the authorities wanted to portray, with the Ministry of Information putting out a film in 1940 titled London Can Take It!, describing how Londoners had "no fear and no panic". [164]
The Blitz (shortened from German Blitzkrieg ' lightning war ') was the sustained strategic bombing of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941, [4] during the Second World War. London, the United Kingdom's capital city, was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 57 consecutive nights. More than one ...
This was done in the 20th century to prevent crews of enemy aircraft from being able to identify their targets by sight, such as during the London Blitz of 1940. In coastal regions, a shoreside blackout of city lights also helped protect ships from being seen silhouetted against the artificial light by enemy submarines further out at sea.
By late 1940, at the height of The Blitz, 26 AA Bde was still serving in 1 AA Division covering London, but had the following composition: [28] [29] [30] Commander: Brigadier S.K. Thorburn (12 November 1940 – 19 February 1943) [ 31 ]
The practice was most prevalent in London during the early stages of the Blitz in September 1940, with some civilians evacuating to the edge of the city and nearby towns. Some people who evacuated London each night did so in their cars, which they slept in. [ 1 ] Large numbers of civilians also relocated to towns near London for short periods ...