Zusammenfassung der Ressource
London in WWII (Historic Environment)
- Districts
- The East End
- Docks
- Factories
- Railway Termini
- Westminster
- Government buildings
- Houses of Parliament
and Commons
- 10 Downing Street
- Whitehall
- Palace of
Westminster
- Important figures - Winston Churchill,
King George VI, Exchequer
- Ministries - Finance
& Defence
- The City
- Financial
institutions
- Bank of England
- Faraday Building
- Stock Exchange
- St. Paul's Cathedral
- Rail hub
- The Suburbs
- Residential area
- London's workforce
- Weapons dropped on London
- HX/HE bombs
- Parachute mines
- Butterfly bombs
- High Impact bombs
- Incendiary bombs
- Brandbombe - 'Fire bomb'
- Flammenbombe - 'Flame bomb'
- Sprengbombe C50 - 'Explosive bomb C50'
- V1 'Doodlebug'/'Kirschkern'
- Pulsejet engine
- Launched from ramps in Northern
France and Belgium
- 17% hit rate
- V2
- First ballistic missile
- Stationed at Peenemunde
- Wernher von
Braun
- Three phases
- Phase 1: The Blitz (Sept.
1940 - May 1941)
- HX bombs, High-impact
bombs, Incendiary bombs
- Firefighting
- Firewatchers
- Blackout
- ARP wardens
- Phase 2: The Little Blitz (Jan. 1944 - Sept. 1944)
- 474 German aircraft
- 329 German aircraft
destroyed
- Average of 77 aircraft
lost per month
- Achieved very little
- Phase 3: V1 attacks (Jun. 1944 - Sept. 1944),
V2 attacks (Sept. 1944 - Mar. 1945)
- V1: 17% hit rate
- Most V1s hit the suburbs
- V1: 2000 lbs of
explosives
- The British government lied to the public about the
first V-2 attack, claiming the explosions to be caused
by the gas mains
- V1: Distinctive low
growl of the engine
- V2s hit with surprise as they generated a sonic boom during flight,
breaking the sound barrier
- Shelters
- Anderson Shelters
- 1.5M distributed free of charge
- Named after Sir John Anderson, who led
the Anderson Committee
- Morrison Shelters
- "Morrison Sandwiches" - concrete
pillboxes
- Underground
shelters
- Aldwych tube
station
- Savoy Hotel