finntroll 1984 THE BLITZ: UK INDUSTRY BOMBED (FINN'S WAR TALES #24 WW II CODWWII) On 10 May 1940, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as PM of Britain, with a nightmare scenario on the way for his citizens. With France defeated, Hitler attempted to make a pact with the British through a speech on July 4, where he requested common sense of the British even though the public opinion was steered towards a war with Great Britain. A few hours before Hitler's speech, on July 3, Churchill had ordered the destruction of the French Fleet's battleships docked at the Algerian coast, causing nearly 1,300 French casualties! Churchill waved Hitler's request away, even though the high society requested peace, so Hitler had no option left but to attack Britain from the air. Göring was given command over his very own Luftschlacht um England, that was supposed to take only 4 days. If Göring's plan would have worked, Operation Seelöwe (Sea Lion) would have been a possible invasion plan for September, with amphibious landings in South England by the 9th and 18th Army. First, all British air and naval resistance had to be eliminated and the main targets became convoys, ports and radar stations. On May 10, Great Britain already invaded Iceland in Op Fork because Iceland was a part of Denmark and a vital safehaven of ports. But Churchill had a secret weapon in the form of a giant map and a navigation crew, a coordinated defense system to track the German bombers. On July 10, Göring ordered the Luftwaffe to commence attacks but the Stuka dive bombers were easy targets for the RAF's Spitfire planes. Replacing the Stukas with the Messerschmitt HE 111 as the main bomber after a few weeks was necessary. But on August 24, a lost crew accidentally dropped their bombs over London, leading up to a British air retaliation over Berlin in the night of August 25. Both Hitler and Churchill were outraged by the London mistake, and Göring was personally held responsible. The Luftschlacht was intensified with The Blitz that started on September 7, 1940, with the attack of airbases and industrial cities such as Manchester, Sheffield, Coventry, Belfast, Glasgow and of course London. By September 15, Hitler had to cancel a possible invasion but continued with bombings on the capital. From September 7 until May 10 of 1941, London was bombed on daily basis. For 56 consecutive days and nights from September 7 until October 1940, when the daytime bombings were cancelled and only night missions were carried out. London citizens slept in the underground subway stations or air raid shelters during the nights, and went to work during the days. The UK air industry and spare part facilities remained the primary targets but the most vital parts of Britain's war economy were not pressured enough, leading in a swift recovery. A total number of 40,000 citizens lost their lives during The Blitz and 46,000 were wounded. 2,265 German aircraft were destroyed but even though Hitler thought Britain had been knocked out of the war, the British war economy was far from gone! Most cities were up and running again in 10-15 days! Revenge followed soon on May 20, with a British retaliation on the megaship Bismarck, after it had sunk HMS Hood on May 18 after a showdown. With a stuck rudder, Admiral Lütjens was ordered to let the Bismarck sink with its flag raised on May 27. At the start of June 1941, an RAF air attack took place over Hamburg, Hitler's most vital harbor. Throughout The Blitz, Winston Churchill had frequently visited struck cities to support the civilians and to unite them against the enemy. Something that Hitler never did, even though his own Propaganda Minister Dr. Joseph Göbbels would beg him to do so. Hitler would spend the next 3 years in his bomb proof Wolf's Lair in East Prussia and his HQ near Moscow, trying to eliminate Josef Stalin. finntroll 1984: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1sG...
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