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On September 7, 1940, 300 German bombers raid London, in the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. This bombing “blitzkrieg” (lightning war) would continue until May 1941.
On September 7, 1940, 300 German bombers raid London, in the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. This bombing “blitzkrieg” (lightning war) would continue until May 1941.
The Blitz begins as Germany bombs London
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WWII World War Two
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Germany constantly bombed civilians, yet the allies were condemned for bombing the German and Japanese war factories because they were surrounded by homes.
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It's amazing how close Germany came to defeating Britain. The Brits were on the edge until Hermann Goring stopped the bombing raids because they were losing so many planes.
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SPC Jon O.
LTC Trent Klug the Germans really had Britain on the ropes but failed to recognize it do a lack of intel.
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LTC Trent Klug
SPC Jon O. It's seems for as smart as they thought they were in the big things, they were really stupid in all the necessary things.
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SPC Michael Terrell
LTC Trent Klug - Hitler was as egotistical as today's Liberals. He felt like whatever he wanted should be built, even if it was impossible with the available technology.
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When I was in England, almost every time we were doing construction, we had to call out EOD (Brits) to defuse and remove unexploded ordinance
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