I remember it very well. Watching a doodlebug from the top of our anderson shelter, flying over the house so low I could see the seams in the fuselage. And when it landed being deafened and dazed with a blue haze by the shock waves. I'll be 90 tomorrow but the blitz is still clear in my mind.
Thank you for sharing Ron but Where was it you lived during the blitz ?? My nanny may was born in 1931 Plaistow east London she was only a little girl during the blitz. She was never evacuated to the countryside an Anderson shelter was built in the back garden, many nights spent in damp and cold conditions, she passed in 2011 god bless her. I hope to hear back from you merry Christmas
My father was stationed in Britain during the war and had been posted at both Liverpool and then Plymouth , so he saw a lot of this first hand We were watching a documentary one time and there was film of Churchill visiting Plymouth, and my dad recognized exactly the street corner where Churchill was all those years ago
I recently stood at the gates of Coventry Cathedral while a bit drunk at about midnight. It was still easy to imagine the fire and horror of everything that happened where I stood. In a strange way, it was part of why Coventry stole my heart
my father had fought 8 years, 1937--1945, in China. he always said : the newly drafted are afraid of artillerie, the more experienced are afraid of machine guns, but every one is scared by air bombed !
I grew up in Upper Norwood (Croydon, South London) in the 1960's, and can recall playing in a bomb site that hadn't been cleared. There also was a Church on Gipsy Hill that bombed and burnt out. Across the road from the house we lived in was the school I attended (All Saints Primary), which was a 'new' build back then. It wasn't until a few years ago I found a website that listed that 2 X 800 Kilo bombs had leveled a row of terrace houses that once stood there.
I was born on Gypsy Hill. Dec. 1933 We then moved to Springfield Rise Upper Sydenham. From there I watched in my dad's arms, the Crystal Palace burn down.
As a primary school boy in North West Kent, in the early 1960s, lorry loads of brick rubble and debris from the blitz were still being brought out from SE London, in at times a continuous stream.
My dad would tell me about getting under the big heavy table in the dining room during raids on Sheffield, i always thought they just had a real heavy thick table but i'm wondering now if it may have been a 'morrison' shelter, i had only heard of the 'anderson' shelters not the indoor type, i'll have to ask the old boy!
shaun. The whole of my family, parents and three children, slept night after night in a Morrison steel table shelter, during the so-called 'Baby' Blitz (Dec. 43 to June 44). It was moderately comfortable, being fitted with a sprung base above floor level, and steel mesh protective side panels. I don't believe these table shelters were available during the original Blitz, but I may be wrong about that.
I'm missing a couple of lines Best documentary up to lately used to post which follows as; '' You think you know Hitler, you never seen him like this before '' 😂😂😂
It's great that [many or some] people remained strong, but I think part of history as it relates to the bombings in England during WW2 is missing. It's being a bit sugar coated. Often history and accounts are more about how things are reported as apposed to reality.
veronica. As someone who actually lived through the Blitz, the 2nd Blitz, and then the V weapons, I find myself, as I watch more and more of these types of documentaries, becoming increasingly exasperated with the totally uninformed comments of people of your ilk. These various films actually give a reasonable overview of the conditions of the time - although nobody who wasn't actually there could have any idea of what it was really like - so I have become very fed up with people who were not there, telling those of us who were, what things were like. For example your 'sugar coated' remark was absolute ignorant nonsense.
Some Fascist clown in Washington decided it was a good idea to pick a fight with Russia 🇷🇺 and all its NATO vassals followed in the debacle.. History will record the day the West went insane..
That wasn't the reason for his appeasement - he genuinely, if naively, believed he could trust Hitler and avert war. Any time that gained us was an inadvertent bonus.
@vincekerrigan8300 Isn't it naïve to think that he trusted Hitler when he fully sanctioned massive increases in defence spending and preparations? He made public pronouncements like 'peace in our time' but his policies showed that it was a case of 'hope for the best but prepare for the worst'.
amber. What on earth makes you think they targeted them specifically? In those days bombing was not generally deliberately indiscriminate, it was just basically very inaccurate, hence all sorts of non-strategic targets inevitably got hit. Are you actually naive enough to imagine that they had contemporary style guided weaponry as far back as the 1940s?
I remember it very well. Watching a doodlebug from the top of our anderson shelter, flying over the house so low I could see the seams in the fuselage. And when it landed being deafened and dazed with a blue haze by the shock waves. I'll be 90 tomorrow but the blitz is still clear in my mind.
Happy belated 90th birthday 🎂
@@amandadickson5975 Thankyou.
You're not 90
@@flyn.o9417 Wanna bet? 91 next month.
Thank you for sharing Ron but Where was it you lived during the blitz ?? My nanny may was born in 1931 Plaistow east London she was only a little girl during the blitz. She was never evacuated to the countryside an Anderson shelter was built in the back garden, many nights spent in damp and cold conditions, she passed in 2011 god bless her. I hope to hear back from you merry Christmas
My father was stationed in Britain during the war and had been posted at both Liverpool and then Plymouth , so he saw a lot of this first hand We were watching a documentary one time and there was film of Churchill visiting Plymouth, and my dad recognized exactly the street corner where Churchill was all those years ago
As a child of the 20th century some are still here in the 21st century of chaos and of war still haunting humanity.
I recently stood at the gates of Coventry Cathedral while a bit drunk at about midnight. It was still easy to imagine the fire and horror of everything that happened where I stood. In a strange way, it was part of why Coventry stole my heart
my father had fought 8 years, 1937--1945, in China.
he always said :
the newly drafted are afraid of artillerie,
the more experienced are afraid of machine guns,
but every one is scared by air bombed !
I grew up in Upper Norwood (Croydon, South London) in the 1960's, and can recall playing in a bomb site that hadn't been cleared. There also was a Church on Gipsy Hill that bombed and burnt out. Across the road from the house we lived in was the school I attended (All Saints Primary), which was a 'new' build back then. It wasn't until a few years ago I found a website that listed that 2 X 800 Kilo bombs had leveled a row of terrace houses that once stood there.
I was born on Gypsy Hill. Dec. 1933 We then moved to Springfield Rise Upper Sydenham. From there I watched in my dad's arms, the Crystal Palace burn down.
my father was drafted following pearl harbor. I miss my father so much !
My grandfather signed up after Pearl Harbor. I still have his paper work. He joined Dec 8th 1941
Thanks to the author for making and sharing
Thank you!
Coventry is why they have Dresden, Hamburg, and Cologne. They may have sowed the wind but they reaped the whirlwind!
WW3 I'd worry about these days the way its going
As a primary school boy in North West Kent, in the early 1960s, lorry loads of brick rubble and debris from the blitz were still being brought out from SE London, in at times a continuous stream.
My dad would tell me about getting under the big heavy table in the dining room during raids on Sheffield, i always thought they just had a real heavy thick table but i'm wondering now if it may have been a 'morrison' shelter, i had only heard of the 'anderson' shelters not the indoor type, i'll have to ask the old boy!
shaun. The whole of my family, parents and three children, slept night after night in a Morrison steel table shelter, during the so-called 'Baby' Blitz (Dec. 43 to June 44). It was moderately comfortable, being fitted with a sprung base above floor level, and steel mesh protective side panels. I don't believe these table shelters were available during the original Blitz, but I may be wrong about that.
There were only two winners in WW2... Britain was not one of them..
England was not invaded by murderous, Nazis scum - that's a win.
Keep Calm and carry on Poster.
Interesante documental,nunca los ingleses estuvieron tan cerca de ser sometidos.
It really isn't about the aftermath, is it?
I'm missing a couple of lines Best documentary up to lately used to post which follows as;
'' You think you know Hitler, you never seen him like this before '' 😂😂😂
The commentary makes it all sound well prepared & organised. Read Juliet Gardiner's book The Blitz for a more accurate account.
james. It doesn't actually.
I admire the British so much! Would American morale have stayed as strong? I hope so!
I'm sure America would have been strong against a foreign threat to it's freedom and democracy.
But a domestic one like Trump?
Oh & also The Supreme Alide Commander Eisenhower .
Very interesting and low key narration. The added smoke to some of the photos was an unnecessary distraction.
It's great that [many or some] people remained strong, but I think part of history as it relates to the bombings in England during WW2 is missing. It's being a bit sugar coated. Often history and accounts are more about how things are reported as apposed to reality.
veronica. As someone who actually lived through the Blitz, the 2nd Blitz, and then the V weapons, I find myself, as I watch more and more of these types of documentaries, becoming increasingly exasperated with the totally uninformed comments of people of your ilk. These various films actually give a reasonable overview of the conditions of the time - although nobody who wasn't actually there could have any idea of what it was really like - so I have become very fed up with people who were not there, telling those of us who were, what things were like. For example your 'sugar coated' remark was absolute ignorant nonsense.
And now ww3 is here.. HAVE WE NOT LEARNED FROM OUR PAST
calm your clam, WW3 is not even close to being here.
Do we ever?
Some Fascist clown in Washington decided it was a good idea to pick a fight with Russia 🇷🇺 and all its NATO vassals followed in the debacle.. History will record the day the West went insane..
We never learn.
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Role on Britannia 😅.
Very interesting topic. Didn't realize that Chamberlain actually gave England time to prepare.
That wasn't the reason for his appeasement - he genuinely, if naively, believed he could trust Hitler and avert war. Any time that gained us was an inadvertent bonus.
@vincekerrigan8300exactly.
@vincekerrigan8300 Isn't it naïve to think that he trusted Hitler when he fully sanctioned massive increases in defence spending and preparations?
He made public pronouncements like 'peace in our time' but his policies showed that it was a case of 'hope for the best but prepare for the worst'.
Metropolitan Police 1829.
City of London Police 1839.
What the hell is a barrage baloon?
Albino I know u know what it is stop playing
Pre war London was over populated and living conditions for many were dire , welcome to modern London ,
Ah, there's always one gammon who wants to insert modern politics into a historical documentary.
WW2 1939-1945.
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Cant stand it when they target religious temples churches mosques etc during war. Pisses me off. Absolutely unnecessary.
Grow up
amber. What on earth makes you think they targeted them specifically? In those days bombing was not generally deliberately indiscriminate, it was just basically very inaccurate, hence all sorts of non-strategic targets inevitably got hit. Are you actually naive enough to imagine that they had contemporary style guided weaponry as far back as the 1940s?
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I don’t think they had mosques in the 1940s tbh 😂 plus what we done back them causing the firestorms was worse than the nuclear bombs