The Blitz saw over 40,000 civilians killed and more than a million houses destroyed in London alone when the German’s conducted mass air attacks against Britain.
Eighty years on, The Blitz looks at the build-up to the raids and detailed footage of the destruction that followed. It features interviews from those who lived through it and stories of sadness and bravery, at a time when Britain held strong and swore not to surrender.
Director : Bruce Vigar
The Battle of Britain: RAF Fighter Command’s Deadly Struggle Against the German Air Force and the Resilience of London During The Blitz
0:00 Full documentary
0:41 🛩️ RAF Fighter Command prepares for another day of mortal combat against the German Air Force.
7:58 🛩️ The Battle of Britain intensifies as the Luftwaffe targets key British cities, leading to a retaliatory attack on Berlin.
15:28 💣 The Blitz begins with a massive bombing raid on London, causing widespread destruction and chaos.
23:00 🚨 The outbreak of war in 1939 and the immediate impact on the British population.
30:28 🏢 During the Phoney War, the British government prepared the population for aerial onslaught by issuing gas masks, introducing blackout regulations, and distributing air raid shelters. London’s existing network of communal shelters, the London Underground, was eventually opened to the public for shelter during heavy bombing.
37:59 ✨ The experience of living in Anderson shelters during The Blitz and the resilience of the people.
45:28 🛩️ London endures continuous bombing for 57 days and nights during the Battle of Britain, but the resilience of its people and the diversion of the attacks allow Fighter Command to recover and rebuild.
53:02 💥 RAF pilots faced difficulties and lack of technology in their missions, but managed to engage and shoot down enemy bombers.
59:11 ✨ The Blitz, a series of bombing raids on London during World War II, caused significant damage and loss of life, but failed to break civilian morale.
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Great evil nazis lost.
Al ver a los nazis vemos que aveces las personas malvadas ganan
thanks for god that D day was succsesfull
Have you heard of Dresden Germany the Allies bombed what was left of my people to the ground with incendiary bombs for no good reason that's a fact all military historians agree on. It was a direct response to the blitz just pure payback no strategic value. What irks me about that cuz I have no family left you know women and children definitely deserve to get bomb to death and old people😢 the reason the Germans bombed London it's because all the War factories were in London. Don't put your bomb and machine gun factories in the middle of London and your ammunition factories and they won't get bombed. In Germany all the factories were in small towns dedicated to such things. It was accepted by the people that this could happen. But they weren't in the middle of Berlin.
Muy buen video la verdad es muy entretenido y además de informativo muy recomendado la verdad
I still wonder,why the Germans, could not take England,a country smaller than the state of Texas..
An amazing moment in human history.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Special thanks to the veteran ( RAF ) pilots sharing personal information/combat experiences making this documentary more authentic and possible. A loud shout out to the disillusioned/arrogant Luftwaffe commander in chief Herman Goering. For decimating the German air force. Full of unreasonable/impossible promises. At the expense of pilots & crews. Losses Berlin's disillusioned leadership couldn't afford to loose. Luftwaffe general Adolf Galland ( flying ace ) at times argued with both Hitler 😈 & Goring. About the catastrophic losses of air crafts & experienced pilots. He actually had a camaraderie with fellow pilots. Cared about them. The other 2 considered pilot's as expandable replacements.😇😇😇😇. Giving Britian & Moscow tactical advantages by 1942.
HEROES💯✨ RAF 🎯 👏👏👏 WOO HOO‼ “Never Surrender” ✌ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ !
The winner writes history ww2
Britains 9.11 longer and more devastating and von brauns
V1 and 2s added to the trauma
As he was valuable to the usa
He was sent there after war
And wasnt hunted down like
Bin laden!
If Britain were to have fallen, god help us in the U S.A. You gotta give Roosevelt credit for realizing the facts , Hitler was evil but God bless Churchill, a true warrior and a bull dog. I feel so sickened today to see the worthless work.s we have for a so called puppet president, god help us now, those muppets don't Believe in God.
God bless that generation who fought so that we didn't have to ❤