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The Nazis tried to invade England, so they started bombing England on _________________

2006-07-17 12:01:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Other - Education

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The Blitz was the sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 16 May 1941. It was carried out by the Luftwaffe, and hit many towns and cities across the UK, but the main attack was concentrated on London. The Blitz inflicted around 43,000 deaths and destroyed over a million houses, but failed to achieve the Germans' strategic objectives of knocking Britain out of the war or rendering it unable to resist an invasion.

Although the word Blitz is a shortening of the German word blitzkrieg, meaning "lightning war", it was not an example of blitzkrieg but was an early example of strategic bombing. The literal translation of the German word "Blitz" is "lightning".

Aerial attacks resumed in 1944 with the V1 and V2.

2006-07-17 12:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by abramelin_the_wise_mage 3 · 12 1

intense injury led to interior the Dockands and East end (in particular as hence of flammable products saved there). hundreds of ordnance fell into the docks. great swathe of the city of London from the Barbican to the River Thames around the Ludgate Hill section became burned out interior the 1940 blitz - centre of the e book commerce. (Amazingly lacking St Pauls Cathedral) entire destruction of Paternoster sq., Amen nook and so on and a variety of of different of the city church homes. Sporadic bombing by capacity of V1 and V2 Rockets (approximately 2000 have been released 'blind' against Britain) however the quantity of injury much less tha the firestorms of the 1940-40-one Blitzes - lots injury led to to the South financial corporation of the River Thames (later the region of the pageant of england) and south London and the so-called Ilford hall. The Nazis saved shortening their variety as hence of spies sending back bogus comments that the rockets have been overshooting their objectives, meaning south London became extra affected than the centre. The West end became (extremely) much less affected. lots of the homes have been of extra cutting-area shape which survived blast injury and can desire to be repaired. The London County Council saved maps of the wear and tear to maximum aspects (I actually have a set). Estimates of 18-20% are in all likelihood approximately best - whether distribution became significant in getting the full image. relatively some injury (eg properties of Parliament) became repairable - yet much extra injury than necessary achieved after the conflict by capacity of factors progression.

2016-12-14 09:23:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

They never did. It was all propaganda to turn the world against the Nazis so that they could invade Germany.

2006-07-17 12:05:15 · answer #3 · answered by Bill 6 · 0 0

Try Google.

2006-07-17 12:04:38 · answer #4 · answered by toejam_rummy 3 · 0 0

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