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The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941, [4] for a little more than 8 months during the Second World War.. The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities, beginning with raids on London towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 (a battle for daylight air superiority between the ...
Tanks and mechanised infantry of the 24th Panzer Division advancing through Ukraine, June 1942, typifying fast-moving combined arms forces of classic blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg [a] is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack, using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, together with artillery, air ...
The bombing campaign was known in the UK as "the Blitz", and ran from September 1940 through to May 1941. The Coventry Blitz and the Belfast Blitz were two of the heaviest of all bombings by the Luftwaffe, killing 568–1,000 civilians of Coventry, killing over 1,100 civilians in Belfast, and destroying much of both city centres.
The Blitz, explained The German air force’s bombing of London from Sept. 7, 1940, to May 11, 1941, left about 43,500 people dead and many more homeless. The attack campaign became known as "the ...
[136] [137] Throughout the battle, Hitler called for the British to accept peace, but they refused to negotiate. [138] [139] Still hoping that the British would negotiate for peace, Hitler explicitly prohibited attacks on London and against civilians. [124] Any airmen who, intentionally or unintentionally, violated this order were punished. [124]
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The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids was a series of bombing raids in April and May 1942 by the German Luftwaffe on English cities during World War II. The name derives from Baedeker , a series of German tourist guide books , including detailed maps, which were used to select targets for bombing.
‘Calling people ‘vermin’ was used effectively by Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in violence,’ historian says