London and the blitz

Question 1

Why was London a target?
-4 reasons

Answer 1

.east end- warehouse+factories, social areas like pubs and theatres
.Westminster- home of king,gov and prime minister
.city of london- financial center, important rail links
.surburbs- residents

Question 2

How many people evacuated in the first two days of war?

Answer 2

1.5 million

Question 3

How many Anderson Shelters provided?

Answer 3

1.5 million Anderson shelters were provided before the outbreak of war with 2.1 million distributed during WW2

Question 4

How many Morrison Shelters were provided?

Answer 4

500,000 Morrison shelters were provided in 1941 and 100,000 more in 1943

Question 5

How many gasmasks were provided at the outbreak of WW2?

Answer 5

38million

Question 6

How many carried gasmaks?

Answer 6

In September 1939 around 75% of people carried a mask, this dropped to 43% by November 1939.

Question 7

When were blackout restrictions reduced and lifted?

Answer 7

reduced in 1944
lifted in 1945

Question 8

What were Anderson Shelters made of?

Answer 8

iron sheets, which were used to line and roof over a pit dug in the ground
-holds 6 people

Question 9

What was a morrison shelter
-positives

Answer 9

-steel cage
-stopped buildings collapsing on people

Question 10

If people earnt a certain wage how much did they have to pay for a shelter?

Answer 10

who earned more than £250 a year had to pay £7

Question 11

What were the Luftwaffe aims

Answer 11

Soften London up before the planned invasion
Target civilians in homes
Destroy industry and communications to damage war effort.

Question 12

When was the first German air raid on London

Answer 12

25th august 1940

Question 13

How many people were injured and killed in the blitz?

Answer 13

54,000

Question 14

blitz dates

Answer 14

7 Sept 1940 – 11 May 1941

Question 15

How many Londoners lost their homes in the first few weeks?

Answer 15

250,000

Question 16

How much did london’s population drop by?

Answer 16

44%

Question 17

lol

Answer 17

hi

Question 18

How many died in the Lull

Answer 18

1,808
after the blitz before V1 and V2

Question 19

the Baby Blitz?

Answer 19

21 Jan- May 1944
3,700 people killed and injured - 948 a month compared to 58 in the Lull

Question 20

Balham Tube Disaster?

Answer 20

14th October 1940
civilians and workers killed
66

Question 21

Bank tube attack?

Answer 21

11th Jan 1941
56 killed most 18-39

Question 22

Bethnal Green tube disaster?

Answer 22

3rd March 1943
-few east underground stations
- Anti-aircraft rockets went off near, people panicked + rushed downstairs
- 173 killed in crush
-Report censored until war ended
Shelters became ticketed to stop overcrowding 1500 entered

Question 23

Mickey’s shelter?

Answer 23

-5000 sheltered nightly in a basement
. used donations from the rich to make a first aid station and canteen

Question 24

South Hallsville?

Answer 24

.school used as a shelter in the east end
.11th sep 600 sheltering there
. 77 killed by parachute mine
. censored
. made the gov care more about homeless

Question 25

V1?

Answer 25

flying bomb that could be heard and intercepted by Fighter planes.

Question 26

v2?

Answer 26

supersonic rocket no pre warning

Question 27

v1+v2 censorship

Answer 27

.government kept quite .v1 little damage .v2 was just gas explosions

Question 28

When did Churchill announce threat?

Answer 28

10th nov 1944 Government’s popularity fell because they didn’t admit V2 threat and could not protect London

Question 29

How many v1s were fired over 10 months?

Answer 29

9000

Question 30

how many v1s hit london

Answer 30

2515

Question 31

First v1 and v2

Answer 31

12th june 1944 v2= 8th sep 1944

Question 32

last v1 and v2

Answer 32

27/29 march

Question 33

how many evacuated july 1944

Answer 33

559,000

Question 34

how many killed by v1+2

Answer 34

28,891

Question 35

homes damaged in little blitz

Answer 35

1.3mill

Question 36

Deptford v2 hit?

Answer 36

5 November .a V2 hit a shop (Woolworths) in deptford - killed 200 and injured 160.

Question 37

Monarchy + gov

Answer 37

both stayed in london to gain morale

Question 38

role of dance?

Answer 38

dance halls stayed open popular

Question 39

theatres?

Answer 39

closed initially but reopened lunchtime performances popular

Question 40

Crowds for football in london

Answer 40

16k

Question 41

How much did audiences in cinemas increase by?

Answer 41

50%

Question 42

Dig for victory?

Answer 42

People encouraged to dig up gardens to grow vegetables.

Question 43

What were the war cabinet rooms?

Answer 43

Government’s underground bunker, finished August 27th 1939

Question 44

How many tons of bombs dropped on london

Answer 44

503