Blitz and You Booklet The Blitz World War II 1939-1945 Home Front

The Blitz (shortened from German 'Blitzkrieg', "lightning war") was the period of sustained strategic bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The eight months of bombing never seriously hampered British production, and the war industries continued to operate and expand.The Blitz did not facilitate Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion of Britain.

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