The Blitz: An Alternative History
Dan Snow's History Hit
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How Do We Defind the Blitz?
The blitz runs from september 19 forty till may 19 forty one. The idea was that if sufficient bombs were dropped on a civilian population, then the population might well rise up against its own government. So whereas for the british people, the battle of britain and the blits are two very, very different things. They happened in different places. It's not nessarly invade; it's not int they trid to knock britain out of the war. In this year, they do so by attacking the ra fairfields, by attacking coastal trade. But then in september, as you point out, the strategy changes. Why do they start
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