why did germans bomb british cities

  After his failure with trying to destroy the R.A.F Hitler turned his air force to bombing British cities. The second main reason Hitler bombed the cities of Britain was to try and destroy the morale of the British people. This was a tactic Hitler thought would work because if he destroyed the morale of the British people they would demand the government surrender to Hitler. Hitler bombed the cities hoping this would have many effects on the British people first would be to make them fear Hitler and the Luftwaffe, fear of being bombed and also of their friends and family being bombed. There were also effects such as losing their jobs and also theirs homes to bombing attacks. These could all lead to the morale of the British people being destroyed and in effect then putting pressure on their government to surrender to Hitler.

  The third and final reason Hitler wanted to bomb cities was to disrupt the British Transport Systems and their Industries. If he achieved both of these he could put a stop to troops being moved across the country or to France so he could control France without British interference and if he managed to disrupt the industries then they would stop supplying the British armed forces making it easier for Hitler to invade in the future with little or no resistance.

  Of all 3 of these reasons I think the main reason Hitler bombed the British cities was to disrupt the Transport Systems and Industries this would help him in many ways because he could stop British resistance against his army and air force when they came to invade the country. This would help Hitler win the war over Britain so I think this is the main reason Hitler wanted to bombed British cities.