what changes there were in Britain because of the blitz?

Answer 1

People blacked out their towns.. and cars drove without lights!!! So the enemys could't see them from above.

Answer 2

During the blitz or after it?

The Nazis were launching missiles (doodle bugs/V2 rockets) at Britain as well If you could hear those things then it was safe to assume that it wasnt going to land anywhere near you. If you heard the engine cut then you got somewhere safe.....quickly.

Some of those missiles reached towns as far West as Wales. No one was safe. The prime targets were usualy the industrial centers for obvious reasons.

During The blitz people were required not to do anything that would give assistance to the planes overhead. eg. blackout curtains that allowed no light to escape the windows. Not that the house would be a good place to stay. Bomb shelters in gardens were common enough. Indeed quite a few still remain. In London you probably know that the deep subway stations were used as shelters.

Despite what romantic stories may exist, it was a miserable time for all. Hear the siren and you dropped everything to run to the nearist shelter. Maybe you got to see all your family agian. Looting of empty houses was also common. (Thats something hardly metioned in the history books). It was a bad time. If you had kids then they were likely sent out of the city to stay anywhere they could be kept safely......Loads of stories there.

Changes? The major cities are just as 'bombable', the people no better prepared. In fact the 'blitz' is, if any thing, a rather warm and cosy memory for most Brits. The reality was anything but warm and cosy.

Imagine spending a night in a subway knowing your house might be a pile of rubble in the morning. Worse, knowing members of your family or friends may never be seen again.

Answer 3

Not many because of the Blitz in particular, but plenty because of the war (blackout, rationing of food, fuel etc, evacuation of children to the countryside). The Blitz just made everyone even more determined to carry on. There are plenty of bomb shelters left in back yards (my grandparents house, now owned by my uncle, still has one). The main change the Blitz made was that it made life that much harder - rationing was one thing, but when the shop was bombed even the rations you were allowed were difficult to get! (My grandfather lost a lung when his butcher's shop was hit. The shelter was underneath and the rescue crews didn't get to him for three days, during which time he was breathing all the dust!).

Answer 4

less population due to the deaths? increased housing costs due to destruction of infrastructure? increased loathing of the teuton, because of their behavior? just kidding. why not look behind the obvious into who actually supported and placed hitler and stalin where they were, so as to reap profits and yet more power from arranging yet another war? see http://www.montalk.net for an alternative view on what's really going on? ;-)