london in ww2 Flashcards
what year did the spanish civill war start
1937.
what did hitler use the spanish civil war as an opportunity for?
to test out the “luftwaffe” (german airforce).
how many people were killed and injured in the spanish civil war?
1,654 killed and over 800 injured.
how did the spanish civill war change warfare?
civillians were now targets.
what month and year was Czechoslovakia invaded by hitler?
march 1938.
what did people expect as fear began to rise because of war?
that there would be heavy bombing of civillians.
what did london authorities do?
recruited wardens and volenteer firefighters and started blackouts.
how many anderson shelters where given out?
2 million.
where would hitlers suspected target be?
poland.
what did england and france say if hitler invaded poland?
that they would declare war
what period was known as the phoney war?
september 1939-march 1940.
where there any major military land operations in the phoney war period?
no,only britain sending troops to france
where did germany take over quickly?
norway, belgium, holland & france
what tactic did they use?
blitzkrieg (lightning war).
what is the blitzkrieg?
a swift, precise blast to an enemy
what did the blitzkrieg help them do?
help seize territory and take reasources
how many royal air force planes were damaged (british and german)?
792 british and 1,389 german
when did the blitz start?
7th september 1940 (black saturday)
how many people were killed and injured on the first day of the blitz?
430 killed and 1,600 severly injured
how many people were killed on the second day of the blitz?
412.
what period was the lull?
may 1941
how many people were killed and how many houses were destroyed in the largest raid?
1,500 people killed and 11,000 houses destroyed
what year did v1 and v2 attacks start?
september 1944
why was london a target?
the city ,big population, industry ,important people, thames made it easy for bombers to see at night.
