The extensive period of rapid bombing begun in the afternoon of the 7th of September in
1940 and was a strategic plan of the demoralization of London that was set-up by the Germans.
The “Blitz”, was a short way to say the German expression, “blitzkrieg”, which means lightning
war. On the first day, nearly 348 German bombers were sent to drop explosives throughout the
metropolitan. 450 citizens died whilst leaving many homeless and injured. On average,
approximately 700 tonnes of explosives were dropped amongst certain sectors of the city each
day and the physical violence consumed nearly one-third of London. The turmoil lasted for
about 8 months and ended in May, leaving a total number of 50,507 citizens wounded and
29,890 …show more content…
As stated from Tom Harrison, there was a difference between the high
morale at war-front and the high morale at work. While maintaining a “high morale” may be as
simple as just ignoring the anxiety, it was extremely time-consuming to manage a high standard
of morale while balancing between the frontiers of war and personal lives:
For the first few days of the London blitz, social life shocked almost to a standstill: one left
work in the evening to go home to an air-raid. One emerged from the air-raid in the
morning to go back to work, maybe late, that was all; and while it was new, exciting,
overwhelming, it was enough. Few had the time or the emotional energy for anything else
– at first.8
Although the cycle of everyday life of Londoners was represented in an organized
fashion in the propaganda film and displayed the citizens acting regularly, “London Can Take
It!” portrayed an extremely bias representation of civilian conduct. From scene to scene, the
victims were shown resting and sleeping normally as if the bombardment had no substantial
5 Tom Harrison, ‘Mass Observation: Living Through the Blitz’,
1940 and was a strategic plan of the demoralization of London that was set-up by the Germans.
The “Blitz”, was a short way to say the German expression, “blitzkrieg”, which means lightning
war. On the first day, nearly 348 German bombers were sent to drop explosives throughout the
metropolitan. 450 citizens died whilst leaving many homeless and injured. On average,
approximately 700 tonnes of explosives were dropped amongst certain sectors of the city each
day and the physical violence consumed nearly one-third of London. The turmoil lasted for
about 8 months and ended in May, leaving a total number of 50,507 citizens wounded and
29,890 …show more content…
As stated from Tom Harrison, there was a difference between the high
morale at war-front and the high morale at work. While maintaining a “high morale” may be as
simple as just ignoring the anxiety, it was extremely time-consuming to manage a high standard
of morale while balancing between the frontiers of war and personal lives:
For the first few days of the London blitz, social life shocked almost to a standstill: one left
work in the evening to go home to an air-raid. One emerged from the air-raid in the
morning to go back to work, maybe late, that was all; and while it was new, exciting,
overwhelming, it was enough. Few had the time or the emotional energy for anything else
– at first.8
Although the cycle of everyday life of Londoners was represented in an organized
fashion in the propaganda film and displayed the citizens acting regularly, “London Can Take
It!” portrayed an extremely bias representation of civilian conduct. From scene to scene, the
victims were shown resting and sleeping normally as if the bombardment had no substantial
5 Tom Harrison, ‘Mass Observation: Living Through the Blitz’,