London + Blirtz

Question 1

How did the blitz impact work

Answer 1

• Destruction of buildings left business with no premises
• Disruption of transport hindered travel to work
• Businesses affected by rationing, customers could only buy certain amount of food
• Hour cuts necessary to employees
• As people evacuated profits fell

Question 2

How did the blitz impact leisure

Answer 2

• Cinema and theatre were closed for a short time
• Newsreels and newspapers were censored
• Pubs had drink and glass shortages

Question 3

How did the government keep itself in London

Answer 3

• Underground headquarters so that the country could still run whilst being bombed
• Cabinet War Rooms; Chiefs or army, Navy and Air force worked their alongside Churchill

Question 4

What role did the royal family play in London

Answer 4

-visited bombed sites and visited general public as to raise morale; Buckingham palace was hit and that was used to add an element of relatability which further raised morale

Question 5

How were areas of London used for supplying the population

Answer 5

The moat of the tower of London was used to grow vegetables:
-Government encouraged people to grow their own food
-Before war: 700,000 plots
-After war: 2 million plots
Victoria Park was used for a pig farm

Question 6

How did London prepare for the Blitz

Answer 6

• Gas masks
• Evacuation
• Air raid shelters (Anderson and Morrison)
• Black out curtains
• Air raid wardens

Question 7

What happened at South Hallsville School

Answer 7

• A plan to evacuate the people seeking shelter at the school failed as the busses did not arrive
• A bomb hit the school on the night that the busses were supposed to evacuate the people
• Government reported about 73 deaths whilst the local papers reported the number to be between 400-600

Question 8

what happened on the 3rd of March 1943 in Bethnal Green

Answer 8

Bethnal Green was an underground station that held up to 7,000 people

• New anti-aircraft missiles were fired nearby, they were mistaken for bombs and people immediately started to rush down the station
• 173 people died in the crush

Question 9

What were the V2 bombings

Answer 9

The V2 were ballistic missiles that exploded before people knew it was coming, a double bang was heard as it broke the sound barrier
-It lead to a new evacuation and damaged or destroyed over 1.3 million houses