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The word was later applied to the bombing of Britain, particularly London, hence "The Blitz". [23] The German popular press followed suit nine months later, after the Fall of France in 1940; thus, although the word had first been used in Germany, it was popularized by British journalism.
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
The campaign was much less destructive than the Blitz. As the Allies advanced across France and towards Germany from the West, Paris, Liège, Lille, and Antwerp also became targets. The British and US directed part of their strategic bombing effort to the eradication of "wonder weapon" threats in what was later known as Operation Crossbow.
The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of German Luftwaffe bombing in Sheffield, England, during the Second World War. It took place during nighttime on 12 and 15 December 1940. In 1940, Sheffield was a city of about 560,000 people and contained industries primarily centred on steel and armaments.
The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war" listen ⓘ) was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force . The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of 14 November 1940 and ...
The following story contains major plot details about “Blitz” (now streaming on Apple TV+). NEW YORK – Saoirse Ronan had no desire to make another World War II drama.
A week later, 120 German bombers returned for a further six-hour attack on the evening of 30 November. The 800 bombs dropped on the city left 137 dead, 96 killed in their air raid shelters. Major buildings including Pirelli Cable Works, the Daily Echo newspaper building and the General Motors factory were severely damaged or destroyed.
Director Steve McQueen could not have made his latest film “Blitz” without production designer Adam Stockhausen. McQueen needed him to help tell the story of World War II London as it came ...