Blitz - Exam questions and answers Flashcards
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Describe two features of London that made it a significant target for the Blitz.
Industrial centre, lots of things made there and docklands
Population, biggest population density means more people killed per bomb
Describe two feature of East London that made it a significant target for the Blitz.
It was very densely populated
It were the majority of docks were
Describe two features of central London that made it a significant target for the Blitz.
It could disrupt the economy because a lot of banks were there
It was were the houses of paliament were
Describe two features of evacuation from London in the Blitz.
1.9 million children were evacuated on trains and buses
During the Phoney War, 300,000 evacuees had drifted back to their homes by Jan 1940. By March 1940, only 300,000 evacuees were left in the countryside
Describe two feature of shelter life in the Blitz.
Underground stations were used as shelters but had awful conditions
Some shelters were converted and had toilets and canteens (Mickeys shelter)
Describe two features of ‘Black Saturday’, 7th September 1940.
This was the start of 52 consecutive days of bombing
The docks were very badly hit and there were big fires
Describe two features of the V2 attack on Deptford, 1944.
Up until this point all of the previous attacks had been reported as ruptured gas mains.
It hit a very concentrated area the death rate was 5.16 per missile
Describe two features of the ‘Second Blitz’.
V2s brought back daytime bombing for the firsttime since the autumn of 1941.
V2s were a lot more devastating and harder to destroy
Describe two features of V1 rockets.
They could be tipped of course
Vunerable to anti-aircraft fire
Describe two feature of V2 rockets.
They could travel faster than the speed of sound
They brought back daytime bombing for time since the autumn of 1941.
Describe two features of ‘Mickey’s shelter’.
He persuaded the local authorities to recognise it as a shelter and put in toilets and bunks
He persuaded a GP to provide healthcare
Describe two features of the South Hallsville School disaster (1940).
Thousands of people are sent to South Hallsville School after ‘Black Saturday’
The buses that were meant to evacuate them went to the wrong place
Describe two features of leisure in London during the war.
Dance halls. The national gallery held lunchtime classical concerts in its basement
Cinemas were very popular but the primarily showed propaganda
Describe two features of the Bethnal Green disaster (1943).
1500 people got safely into the station.
Then a woman and baby slipped at the bottom of the stairs and caused a crush and 173 people were killed
Describe two features of the government’s attempts to safeguard art and important buildings in the Blitz.
They were 72 feet underground.
They went to a lot of effort to make sure the exhibits from the museum didn’t break
