What was the Blitz? The Blitz was continous air raid bombings on major cities during WW2. The attacks took place at night and and was devastating,destroying many
buildings.Also, the air raids were heavy and frequent and london was
bombed every day and night for 11 weeks.Hitler's plan was to stop the
weapons getting to us and to try and scare us so that we would
surrender to them (his plan didn't work).
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when did the blitz start and end ?
On the 7th september 1940,the first air raid siren
and in may 1941 it was the last air raid.
where did it happen ?
In Britain and some of it's major cities such as london.
Did you know?
Blitz is short for
Blitzkrieg:the
german word for lightning
war.