The Blitz

The Blitz
	Pairt o the Wastren Front o Warld War II
Date	7 September 1940 – 11 Mey 1941; (8 months, 5 days)
Location	Unitit Kinrick
Result	German strategic failyie
Belligerents
Unitit Kinrick	Germany
Commanders an leaders
Winston Churchill; Hugh Dowding; Frederick Pile; Owen Tudor Boyd; Sir Leslie Gossage;	Adolf Hitler; Hermann Göring; Hugo Sperrle; Albert Kesselring; Hans Jeschonnek;
Casualties an losses
~40,000–43,000 ceevilians deid, ~46,000 injured ; feegurs for woundit possibly as heich as 139,000	Unkenr; 3,363 aircrew; 2,265 aircraft (Simmer 1940 – Mey 1941)

The Blitz wis a German bombin offensive against Breetain in 1940 an 1941, in the Seicont Warld War. The term wis first uised bi the Breetish press as an abbreviation o Blitzkrieg (lichtnin war).

References

↑ Richards 1954, p. 217.
↑ ^a ^b Dear and Foot 2005, p. 109.
↑ Hooton 2010, p. 89.

Soorces

Hough, Richard an Denis Richards. The Battle of Britain. Pen & Sword. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-657-3
—— (2010). The Luftwaffe: A Study in Air Power, 1933–1945. Classic Publications. ISBN 978-1-906537-18-0CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Coordinates: 51°30′N 0°07′W / 51.50°N 0.12°W / 51.50; -0.12

[Richards_1954,_p._217.-1] Richards 1954, p. 217.

[Foot_and_Dear_2005,_p._109.-2] Dear and Foot 2005, p. 109.

[Hooton_2010,_p._89.-3] Hooton 2010, p. 89.

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