The Brit Blitz
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The #Bombing of #London during #WW2
CSU - HIST 171 - Dr. Jordan
Joined October 2013
#BritishGovernment The Germans left their mark on London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Belfast, Cardiff, Coventry and even our morale.
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#Luftwaffe Although leaving the blitz does not mean winning it we are moving towards victory one step at a time. Then we will be back.
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#Sturm In the future “we shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide.”
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#BritishGovernment Today May 11, 1941 the Blitz comes to an end. Over 60,000 citizens were killed they will be forever remembered.
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Aero-engine and aircraft production centers were dispersed as to limit bombing destruction impacts.
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Aero industry in Midlands only lost 700 machine tools out of 120,000 throughout the war.
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By the end of the #Blitz, the industry was producing 50% more aircraft than at the start
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#Commoner The amount of looting lately has been incredible. http://t.co/7ZGGUddIJ9
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#BritishGovernment Remember if you lose a loved one or change your address, you must report it. http://t.co/oMxpzzLriz
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#PoliceOfficer So many people are being killed by German bombs that we can’t check on all the deaths, so many acts of murder slip past us.
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400,000 tons of food are destroyed by #German bombers, though the food supply was never truly threatened.
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#mother I came back from the shelters this morning, and my house had been robbed! Now what am I going to do?
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#PoliceOfficer We have arrested so many juvenile delinquents for thievery that all our remand homes are full! http://t.co/a0rOVajffl
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#BritishGovernment Our country does not have enough food to feed the entire populous, and the #Germans keep destroying our food shipments!
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#Mother We are taking whatever unharmed belongings we can find. http://t.co/d7yltf1qAK
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