The London Blitz

In September of 1940 through May of 1941 there was a strategic bombing attack

that was lead by the Germans targeted towards London and other cities located in

England, this was known as The Blitz. The Germans aimed the bombs mostly at

populated cities, dock yards, and factories.

The bombing on London began on September 7, 1940 and lasted for 57

consecutive nights. During these nights of bombing people took shelter in warehouse

basements, and in underground subway stations with no privacy and poor sanitation

facilities.

British radar, detected the huge formation, the Observer Corps started to count the

mass of German bombers in the sky, then came a warning call, "One hundred plus

bandits approaching..." Fighter Command could do nothing but scramble all twenty two

squadrons around London and they vectored towards Thames Haven and Tilbury.

"......all we could see was row upon row of German raiders heading for London. I

have never seen so many aircraft in the air all at the same time.....The escorting

fighters saw us at once and came down like a ton of bricks, when the squadron

split up and the sky became a seething cauldron of aeroplanes, swooping and

swerving in and out of the vapour trails and tracer smoke. A Hurricane on fire

spun out of control ahead of me while above to my right, a 110 flashed across my

vision and disappeared into the fog of the battle before I could draw a bead on it.

Everyone was shouting at once and the earphones