Add to ORKGThe blitzkrieg devastated the British Isle, both structurally and mentally, yet the government and its people never let morale collapse. Survival, unity, honor and tradition ensured that the British would not surrender to the Germans based on Hitler's terror bombings. This paper analyzes several diaries of Blitz victims as well as government documents regarding homefront morale in an attempt to explain how Great Britain maintained public opinion during the Blitzkrieg. This document looks to the many issues during the bombings such as homelessness, lack of food, familial separation, and severe damages to the city, to further explain how morale was most affected. By examining these issues and the major events of the war, the reader can unders...
During World War I, technological advances in air power expanded the field of battle beyond the fron...
civilians from terrorist attack has become real yet considerable disagreement exists about how peopl...
It is often asserted that British army casualties in the Great War were carelessly incurred and that...
This thesis is basically about morale in Portsmouth, Southampton and Plymouth during the Second Wor...
In May 1940, Britain stood alone as the sole Western power engaged in battle with the German war mac...
How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressures of total war and what factors were important ...
The Blitz was a roughly nine-month mass bombing of London and other cities in Great Britain by the G...
Perhaps the most definitive image of the Second World War experience in Great Britain is that of civ...
First shown by Britain’s civilian population during the Blitz, this Blitz Spirit is widely understoo...
This thesis investigates the influence of the British monarchy on home front civilian morale in Grea...
During the London Blitz – the German air campaign launched against the British capital between Septe...
Although the Blitz has come to symbolize the experience of civilians under attack, Germany first lau...
This thesis examines how, as the Second World War bought modern conflict into the domestic spaces of...
Most people’s perceptions of the Second World War leave little room for static, attritional fighting...
In Britain, popular memory of the Blitz celebrates civilian resistance to the German bombing of Lond...
During World War I, technological advances in air power expanded the field of battle beyond the fron...
civilians from terrorist attack has become real yet considerable disagreement exists about how peopl...
It is often asserted that British army casualties in the Great War were carelessly incurred and that...
This thesis is basically about morale in Portsmouth, Southampton and Plymouth during the Second Wor...
In May 1940, Britain stood alone as the sole Western power engaged in battle with the German war mac...
How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressures of total war and what factors were important ...
The Blitz was a roughly nine-month mass bombing of London and other cities in Great Britain by the G...
Perhaps the most definitive image of the Second World War experience in Great Britain is that of civ...
First shown by Britain’s civilian population during the Blitz, this Blitz Spirit is widely understoo...
This thesis investigates the influence of the British monarchy on home front civilian morale in Grea...
During the London Blitz – the German air campaign launched against the British capital between Septe...
Although the Blitz has come to symbolize the experience of civilians under attack, Germany first lau...
This thesis examines how, as the Second World War bought modern conflict into the domestic spaces of...
Most people’s perceptions of the Second World War leave little room for static, attritional fighting...
In Britain, popular memory of the Blitz celebrates civilian resistance to the German bombing of Lond...
During World War I, technological advances in air power expanded the field of battle beyond the fron...
civilians from terrorist attack has become real yet considerable disagreement exists about how peopl...
It is often asserted that British army casualties in the Great War were carelessly incurred and that...