THE BLITZ
What is The Blitz?
The Blitz was a petrifying series of attacks
in the war where Civilains and soldiers were
being invaded by what's
called "Air raids," by Germany.
Why did they want to bomb us?
Germany wanted to rule Britain; They bombed us to scare us and destroy all our weapons.
Did you know?
The world war banned nukes
and acid bombs because they killed
way too many people which means
they could of destroyed the entire
world if they bombed too many times.
They only dropped acid bombs three
times.
Where did the Germans drop bombs?
There is quite a few places:
In big cities,
docks,
streets,
a third of London
and many more.
When was the Blitz?
The Blitz took place in September 1940 to May 1941 (during WW2.)
Safety
-An underground shelter
-The Anderson shelter
-The Morrison shelter
-Public train tunnels
-Keeping out the lights
Even the car head lights
Fact!
Did you know
that 32,000 civilians were killed and 87,000 were injured?
Bombs dropped
-H.E
-Incendiary
-Oil bombs
-Nukes (Banned)
-Acid bombs (banned)
Evacuees
Evacuees are children
who escaped the big
city to a much safer
place in the countryside.
Many children said they
really liked it because
so much to do and they
had really lovely families!
Even Walter Thomson
(Churchill's bodyguard)
really like it too!
Sadly, over 300 bombers
dropped 300 tonnes of bombs
(By Georgia Palmer)