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What is happening in this picture?_____Gaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygaygayayaayagtycwdsnhjqpkoaer5h7njmyt54bgeujnhymysun67m_________________________
How do you think people were affected by the Blitz? Explain your reasons.
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The Blitz
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Source B: This cartoon of a public shelter was published in Britain in February, 1941.
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Q.1 What do sources A & B relate to? ___________________________________
Q.2 What do these sources tell us about how people were affected by bombing raids during the Second World War?
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The Blitz
Cartoon of a barrage balloon in May, 1940
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(ARP) put up huge barrage balloons. Each balloon was moored to a wagon by a cable.
What was this balloon used for? Explain your reasons. ____________
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How effective would this have been?___________________________
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Dig for Victory
Cartoon on the Dig for Victory campaign (June, 1943)
Look carefully at the cartoon and annotate it.
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What is happening in the picture?______________________________________________
The Blitz
Sources related to peoples experiences living through the Blitz.
(1) Evelyn Rose was a teenager living in London during the Blitz. She was interviewed about her experiences in 1987.
If you were out and a bombing raid took place you would make for the nearest shelter. The tube stations were considered to be very safe. I did not like using them myself. The stench was unbearable. The smell was so bad I don't know how people did not die from suffocation. So many