Impact On Civilian Life Flashcards
Impact of V1S AND V2S
Civilians morale was low and factory workers were often absent from work
Governments popularity fell as the people criticized them for not doing enough
Over 30000 houses were destroyed and 29000 people were killed
Attack on deptford 1944
November 1944
A large woolsworths was struck on a Saturday lunchtime when many were shopping killed 160 people
Air raid precautions
Government policies on shelters changed over time . Their first communal shelters were often overcrowded and very poorly managed.
A local optician called mickey Davis formed a committee to run some local shelters . They were later called micky shelters. It provided much better conditions than the governments own funded ones. This pressured the government into improving conditions
South Hallsville school disaster 1940
1000 homeless Londoners were residing in a school. It was hit on September 10 1940 . They should have been evacuated a day before. The government attempted to cover up the situation as the Londoners should have been evacuated
Bethnal green disaster 1943
After an allied raid over Germany killed 1500 people the people of london excpected a revenge attack so many were piling into get underground .
An anti aircraft rocket was fired nearby . The noise caused mass panic causing more people to fill the station . 173 people were crushed to death
Leisure activities continued
Cinema-war time audiences i creased . It was a good way for government to spread propaganda
Dance halls-stayed open throughout the war
Football -teams would play exhibition matches to increase morale
Government and morale
Governments would censor information that reached to the public but would increase propaganda to encourage safe behavior and maintain a war effort
