In Source F you can see that people were certainly prepared. The fact that they are in school shows how they could be attacked at anytime and they knew that. This does prove to us how people were aware with what was happening around them, even children. So, if they were attacked they would be able to avoid any dangerous gasses in the air.
In Source G you can see that this lady has a smile on her face, had a shovel in one hand and a bucket in the other. This to me shows how everyone played a part in and for the war. The ways in which this source helps me understand how Borough was prepared to deal with the effects of bombing is buy how she looks so motivated. Furthermore, she does look quite motivated and ‘ready to go’ if they were attacked. She looks as though she would be able to defend herself and help others if something did happen. The smile on her face could also try and boost morale to show that people are there for one another.
In Source H it says how the hospital was underground. So they were prepared because they would’ve thought that if they stayed above they could easily be bombed. As they are underground it would be difficult to destroy the building. This is a good way to deal with bombing because they would be more safe underground then they would on a normal surface.
3) Sources B and E give different impressions of the effectiveness of the efforts to defend the Borough from the enemy action because Source B mentions how badly they’re doing in trying to defend themselves and they don’t even have a good enough standard of equipment. As in Source B they even have difficulty maintaining obstacles for tanks. Also, in Source E a man talks about why he did not use the shelters. As this isn’t a reliable enough source to show that people didn’t use shelters (as it is only from one man and it’s only his view), it still shows that he was very confident in staying in a shelter as he would die anyway.
However, in a way he was correct, getting hit directly by a bomb is inevitable. Whether he’s in his house or a shelter, if a bomb went of anywhere near him he could die either way. But when you do compare this source to source B there are some similarities. Such as them both being negative about the war and how they don’t feel very strongly about the way the war is going. The man in source E was obviously not very confident in safety and the way things were going, or else we would’ve gone to a shelter and been much more optimistic and had a little but more hope.
Sources C, D and G are more optimistic as they all are hopeful. How everything is being shown as going smoothly. With Source D showing plans for a full proof, protected safe shelters, compared to how that man didn’t wish to stay in one as he thought they were bound to be hit anyway. How in Source C you see the king visiting the home guards unit, which could’ve just been arranged to improve on morale as in Source B it mentions that things aren’t going as well as they could be. Then in Source G it shows how motivated this one women looks, as if she’s ready to do something for her country, but while other people were quite saddened with the way things were going.
4) Sources I, J and K are good sources and evidence of the impact of the war on the civilian population because as shown in source I you can see how descriptive this entry is and how you can almost sense how shocked he was. You might think that they might not have been expecting casualties like this and as he is quite an important man writing this, you wouldn’t think how detailed his entry is. In source J you can see a timetable and see almost anything you would need to. The fact that source K wasn’t published also illustrates how that this was the last thing people would want to see, as it would crush civilian morale. But this also shows how much was kept secret from them. You can also almost see how unexpected this whole thing was.
5) Sources L and M aren’t accurate as because they were made long after the events they show and aren’t even a photograph of the war at the time. Source L is a drawing, which makes it very unreliable as the artist doesn’t even have to be at the place he’s drawing or could have easily made any adjustments to the drawing.
Source M also doesn’t seem very accurate as this is only a TV show and hardly considers factual references. As this is also f comedy the things in this series is probably very unrealistic.
6) I agree with the view about the contribution of civilians in the Borough to the war effort because I believe that the civilians had in fact done a number of things. People were always prepared for anything and were taught to take care of themselves. Source G is one of the most promising sources to show how much they did but could be taken either way.
However, civilians did struggle, as trying to keep morale high was such an issue. Also, without morale the people changed their attitudes dramatically.
Although, I do think that the civilians did play a part in the war effort.
