My parents lived in London during the blitz. My dad was overseas fighting & my mum was looking after my 2 older siblings. One day, at the start of the Blitz a bomb landed at the end of her road. It destroyed the first 5 houses & occupants. My mum was in the kitchen & the back door flew across the room & knocked my mum flat. When she got up she realised all widows were gone. Some men turned up with plywood & covered her windows. The next night the air raid sirens went off & she grabbed the kids & ran to the shelter. When she came out her house was gone. The Germans were trying to hit a railway bridge at the end of her road. She got rehoused In Ruislip Gardens, well outside of London but unfortunately right next to RAF Northolt which was a hurricane base, So she wasn't even safe there. Luckily, although my dad was wounded they both survived & that's how myself & my 5 siblings are here to tell the story. We're a tough bunch.
Great reaction, and heart felt, what you also have to remember, is we are a small country, it was not just the blitz, the british people were on food rations from 1939 to 1954, 1 egg a week per person 2oz butter, meat was rationed, clothes, everythig was rationed except fish and vegetables. hnec are heart food, as a culture, we could have had more food, from canada and ustralia, but that would take ships, which were needed for the war effort. ladie could not get stocking, they would brown there legs with gravy, to look like stocking's, women were drafted into the amry, the factories, the land army ferry pilots, men up to 41 drafted and the men to 51 as the home guard, dont forget, germany was only 20 miles, from england across the channel, evryone was in the front line
to put it into perspective, from what i learnt in history class in school, the RAF pilots in WW2 were getting just HOURS of training and were then thrown in a plane to fight the germans
I live in a small village just outside Birmingham just a few doors down a house was bombed killing 4 people on the green outside is a plaque and a bench remembering the people who lost their lives.
I'm always thrilled when young people are interested in history. Too many of them find it boring and irrelevant when, in fact, events like the Blitz are both fascinating and still applicable to today's world. Mass bombings still occur today, both in Gaza and Ukraine.
If you are interested in the start of the Second World War in England a movie you might like is "Darkest Hour". The film won two Oscars including best actor for Gary Oldman's fantastic portrayal of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
The blitz was horrifying and the people of London & other cities endured a lot of bombing raids, but it is worth mentioning we did the same to the German cities especially Dresden, so we're equally as guilty of horrific bombing on citizens. In short, war is devastating, and no one side is innocent.
Although London got the worst of it other cities were attacked too. Places like Coventry and Sheffield, basically any manufacturing centres important to the war effort.
Mi Mum is from Bethnal Green and her Dad had to go to "barmy park" to pick out "his" Dead from the tube disaster. I won't explain why he was still in England
My Grandmother lost her home and the whole street in the Blitz my Grandfather was away at war and she had two kids at the time and was left with nothing tough times
America was know where to be seen, you should look into The Battel of Bamber Bridge. It is a terrible true story and makes me extreamly proud of my country and its people. It shows the Americans to be rasist bastards, the UK has not had slavery since 1088, where the US was increadably reliant on it. It is a terrible true story.
You can do two things with history: you can learn from it, or be cursed to repeat past mistakes. Great video. I'm glad you're learning from history.
somebody should tell kier starmer this fact.
💯 agree that's why I love history.
My parents lived in London during the blitz. My dad was overseas fighting & my mum was looking after my 2 older siblings. One day, at the start of the Blitz a bomb landed at the end of her road. It destroyed the first 5 houses & occupants. My mum was in the kitchen & the back door flew across the room & knocked my mum flat.
When she got up she realised all widows were gone. Some men turned up with plywood & covered her windows.
The next night the air raid sirens went off & she grabbed the kids & ran to the shelter. When she came out her house was gone. The Germans were trying to hit a railway bridge at the end of her road.
She got rehoused In Ruislip Gardens, well outside of London but unfortunately right next to RAF Northolt which was a hurricane base, So she wasn't even safe there. Luckily, although my dad was wounded they both survived & that's how myself & my 5 siblings are here to tell the story.
We're a tough bunch.
You would love a documentary called The 13 hours that saved Britain
You are a sensitive and gentle person.....beautiful and emotional............thank you for a brave and tender reaction
great video to react to and great reaction to it. well done you for learning. history is the greatest guide to the future.
Great reaction, and heart felt, what you also have to remember, is we are a small country, it was not just the blitz, the british people were on food rations from 1939 to 1954, 1 egg a week per person 2oz butter, meat was rationed, clothes, everythig was rationed except fish and vegetables. hnec are heart food, as a culture,
we could have had more food, from canada and ustralia, but that would take ships, which were needed for the war effort. ladie could not get stocking, they would brown there legs with gravy, to look like stocking's, women were drafted into the amry, the factories, the land army ferry pilots, men up to 41 drafted and the men to 51 as the home guard, dont forget, germany was only 20 miles, from england across the channel, evryone was in the front line
to put it into perspective, from what i learnt in history class in school, the RAF pilots in WW2 were getting just HOURS of training and were then thrown in a plane to fight the germans
I live in a small village just outside Birmingham just a few doors down a house was bombed killing 4 people on the green outside is a plaque and a bench remembering the people who lost their lives.
I'm always thrilled when young people are interested in history. Too many of them find it boring and irrelevant when, in fact, events like the Blitz are both fascinating and still applicable to today's world. Mass bombings still occur today, both in Gaza and Ukraine.
If you are interested in the start of the Second World War in England a movie you might like is "Darkest Hour". The film won two Oscars including best actor for Gary Oldman's fantastic portrayal of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
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The blitz was horrifying and the people of London & other cities endured a lot of bombing raids, but it is worth mentioning we did the same to the German cities especially Dresden, so we're equally as guilty of horrific bombing on citizens. In short, war is devastating, and no one side is innocent.
Ever heard of Coventry?! Never known anyone willing to shed a tear for Dresden.
Although London got the worst of it other cities were attacked too. Places like Coventry and Sheffield, basically any manufacturing centres important to the war effort.
Mi Mum is from Bethnal Green and her Dad had to go to "barmy park" to pick out "his" Dead from the tube disaster. I won't explain why he was still in England
My Grandmother lost her home and the whole street in the Blitz my Grandfather was away at war and she had two kids at the time and was left with nothing tough times
America was know where to be seen, you should look into The Battel of Bamber Bridge. It is a terrible true story and makes me extreamly proud of my country and its people. It shows the Americans to be rasist bastards, the UK has not had slavery since 1088, where the US was increadably reliant on it. It is a terrible true story.
Shame your voice wasn't louder but otherwise good show.