The Blitz
Firefighters putting out a blaze in London after an air raid during The Blitz in 1941.
The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and is the German word for 'lightning'.
The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities. From 7 September 1940, London was systematically bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 out of the following 57 days and nights.
The Luftwaffe gradually decreased daylight operations in favour of night attacks to evade attack by the RAF, and the Blitz became a night bombing campaign after October 1940.
More than 40,000 civilians were killed by Luftwaffe bombing during the war, almost half of them in the capital, where more than a million houses were destroyed or damaged.
The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities. From 7 September 1940, London was systematically bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 out of the following 57 days and nights.
The Luftwaffe gradually decreased daylight operations in favour of night attacks to evade attack by the RAF, and the Blitz became a night bombing campaign after October 1940.
More than 40,000 civilians were killed by Luftwaffe bombing during the war, almost half of them in the capital, where more than a million houses were destroyed or damaged.
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