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tried to save their own lives. they had to go to work as normal during the day as the air raids were on a night time. the women who didnt work needed some sort of entertainment so they knitted at home and sung.

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The heavy and frequent bombing attacks on London and other cities. Night after night, from September 1940 until May 1941, German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas. London was bombed every day and night for 11 weeks. One third of London was destroyed. The word ''Blitz'' is a shorten form of the German word ''Blitzkrieg'' which means ''Lightning War''. Initially the bombing was done by aircraft, but later these were replaced by "Buzzbombs". Buzzbombs, the V1, were rockets that were loaded with explosive and ran out of fuel over London. Later still came the V2, like modern missiles, but luckily the war ended before they could do too much damage. The population had to disappear underground whenever the warning sirens were heard and stay ther until the "All clear". Many Londoners used the underground railway stations. The objective of the Blitz was to break civilian morale but it failed and the British, with American help, retaliated by flattening Hamburg and Berlin.

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11y ago

there were many ways to protect yourself, including;

1.anderson/morrison shelters

2.Blackout

3.getting under tables

4.go in the tramway repair pits


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11y ago

well the normal reaction to being hit by a bomb is to jump up into the air really high and scatter yourself across a really wide area.

or you could just stay in your castle and have a cup of Earl grey.

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6y ago

There were several ways:

  • An early warning system (barrage balloons, radar and an observer network) allowed people to take cover in shelters or in the subway stations
  • The airforce and shore batteries shot at the planes
  • Fire and emergency staff were ready to put out fires and track unexploded bombs
  • Some parents moved their families to safer countryside locations or other parts of the British Empire
  • At least one elderly lady , it is said, walked the streets on the basis that a moving tarhgey was harder to hit.
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"The Women

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