world war two

[Master]

Coventry and London I know took heavy hits. Coventry cathedral/church is on show and has not been fixed and an attraction for tourists.

[walrus]

Coventry and London I know took heavy hits. Coventry cathedral/church is on show and has not been fixed and an attraction for tourists.

I think @Greenbeanz posted he was from an area that suffered immensely under the Lufftewaffe bombing, if I'm not mistaken he mentioned Coventry. What made such a target, was it location or strategic, I would imagine strategic but don't know much about England. Other than its evil and full of paedophiles according to Lord Miles.

[Kirkland Laing]

The Germans bombed my paternal grandparents' house. Nobody was killed but the house was demolished.

[walrus]

@Kirkland Laing how did that work for the many that lost their homes during the bombings. Did the government help these people rebuild or did they have to do it themselves, I imagine hundreds of thousands to millions lost their homes. The Brits showed tremendous resolve during those times. Although the US was helping with the lend lease act, I think that was the name of it, but I think we took too long to join the war, but public sentiment was against involvement.

[SlimTrae]

I'd like to read more if it isn't too painful.

[Kirkland Laing]

They were living above a pub in Stoney Lane. Southwick across the road from this fine establishment.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.91...hw!2e0!6m1!1e1

It's now a dole office across from Hogans but used to be shops and houses. My Auntie Cissie was watching the German bombers out of the window and the next thing she was in the pub downstairs. Thirteen kids and two adults and nobody died. They rented somewhere a few doors down the road and got on with it.

[Violent Demise]

@Kirkland Laing how did that work for the many that lost their homes during the bombings. Did the government help these people rebuild or did they have to do it themselves, I imagine hundreds of thousands to millions lost their homes. The Brits showed tremendous resolve during those times. Although the US was helping with the lend lease act, I think that was the name of it, but I think we took too long to join the war, but public sentiment was against involvement.

If it wasn't for that US aid the Brits would of gone out like the French

[p4pking]

What, surrendered and adopted Nazi sentiments? If it wasn't for the Brits that USA would have been mainly German anyways

[walrus]

What, surrendered and adopted Nazi sentiments? If it wasn't for the Brits that USA would have been mainly German anyways

Nah, more likely French or Spanish. They both had big claims over here.

[Dark Lord Al]

@Kirkland Laing how did that work for the many that lost their homes during the bombings. Did the government help these people rebuild or did they have to do it themselves, I imagine hundreds of thousands to millions lost their homes. The Brits showed tremendous resolve during those times. Although the US was helping with the lend lease act, I think that was the name of it, but I think we took too long to join the war, but public sentiment was against involvement.

If it wasn't for that US aid the Brits would of gone out like the French

Yes it was a combination of these things , being an Island helped , U.S. help and the Russian winter all aided the victory for allied forces.
Thank you to all those people who laid down their lives for us.

[erics44]

@Kirkland Laing how did that work for the many that lost their homes during the bombings. Did the government help these people rebuild or did they have to do it themselves, I imagine hundreds of thousands to millions lost their homes. The Brits showed tremendous resolve during those times. Although the US was helping with the lend lease act, I think that was the name of it, but I think we took too long to join the war, but public sentiment was against involvement.

If it wasn't for that US aid the Brits would of gone out like the French

Yes it was a combination of these things , being an Island helped , U.S. help and the Russian winter all aided the victory for allied forces.
Thank you to all those people who laid down their lives for us.

theres a lot more to it than the help from the US and the fact we are an island

the british war tactics were very good through out the war

we also made very good use of technologies, Radar for instance was massive, technology that the germans had as well but didnt realise the benefits

and dont forget at one point we werent just fighting germany, it was Britain and the resistance v virtually the whole of europe barring Russia

[ryanman]

@Kirkland Laing how did that work for the many that lost their homes during the bombings. Did the government help these people rebuild or did they have to do it themselves, I imagine hundreds of thousands to millions lost their homes. The Brits showed tremendous resolve during those times. Although the US was helping with the lend lease act, I think that was the name of it, but I think we took too long to join the war, but public sentiment was against involvement.

If it wasn't for that US aid the Brits would of gone out like the French

Don't like beating the patriotic drum unduly but I can assure you that Britain would have never surrendered.

[ryanman]

To think that there was a British Prime Minister actually talking like this to the people. That things were that way. That he talks about what will happen if we shall fall. Just seems unreal. Must have been terrifying and inspiring in equal measure.

[smashup]

Check this out, it's a map of the bombs that hit London - Zoom out on the map a bit and you get an idea of how heavily we were attacked

Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census

[Violent Demise]

@Kirkland Laing how did that work for the many that lost their homes during the bombings. Did the government help these people rebuild or did they have to do it themselves, I imagine hundreds of thousands to millions lost their homes. The Brits showed tremendous resolve during those times. Although the US was helping with the lend lease act, I think that was the name of it, but I think we took too long to join the war, but public sentiment was against involvement.

If it wasn't for that US aid the Brits would of gone out like the French

Don't like beating the patriotic drum unduly but I can assure you that Britain would have never surrendered.

Maybe not. But without the US they would of been annihilated.