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THE BLITZ, Marie Mirtel Tedremäe - Coggle Diagram
THE BLITZ
Shelters
Surface shelters
Not enough space
Overpopulated
South Hallsville School
Flattened by a German bomb
Savoy Hotel
The Government relented
Bunk beds, bathrooms
Dissatisfaction
Mickey's Shelter
Results
43,000 deaths
1.1 million houses destroyed
Germans made a mistake
The British won
May 11th, 1941
The Raids
September 7th, 1940
Bombing continued
Successive waves
No essential service impaired
People were killed and left homeless
A charitable refund
London, Liverpool, Birmingham
The most intense raid
700 bombs
1,500 killed
Introduction
The Battle of Britain
Destroying air force
Preparation for invasion
Began in 1940
Intense bombing campaign
Nazi Germany
During World War II
57 consecutive nights
Attacks
Adolf Hitler
Industrial targets, towns, cities
Lasted for 8 months
Response
Blackout
Air-raid sirens
Barrage balloons
Marie Mirtel Tedremäe