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1940s - Coggle Diagram
1940s
preparations
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Morrison Shelter
large steel box set up in the home, usually under the stairs
community shelter
set up for a large number of people , whilst Londoners were fortunate enough to use underground.
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blitz
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13, 500 of high explosive bombs were dropped in 57 raids
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29th of December - fire bombs caused over 1,300 fires to break out in centre of London.
Germans began to range further afield bombing Belfast, Glasgow, Swansea, Cardiff and Liverpool
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effects of blitz
May 1940 Germany attacked Holland, Belgium and France
British army in France fought along side French and Belgium after six weeks , France surrendered
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battle of Britain took place between German Luftwaffe and royal air force between July and October 1940
tactics changed and Luftwaffe resorted to bombing larger cities like London, Plymouth and Coventry.
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Evacuation
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evacuated from likely targets like London to safer rural areas which had fewer military targets like to the countryside.
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in Rhondda valley South Wales 35,000 people were found temporary shelter in homes of local people
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background to war
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1937, hitler wanted to claim more land to increase Germany's power
the British prime minister ,Neville Chamberlain met several times with hitler to try and prevent more aggression.(policy called appeasement)
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