Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-1941?

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Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-1941?

There were three major reasons as to why the Germans bombed the major cities of Britain. The battle of Britain was a complete failure and Hitler needed a new plan, Hitler wanted to destroy the war effort and he wanted to destroy the morale of British citizens.

Hitler clearly saw that his attempt to destroy the RAF in the battle of Britain was not working as the RAF was fighting back. He then saw an advantage to destroying cities with greater population then military bases. Hitler then switched from the battle of Britain to total war without any warning.

On 17th September Hitler launches the Blitz, an Arial bombing in attempt to destroy the largely populated cities of Britain, this was immediately after 'operation sealion' was called off. This included mainly nighttime attacks on British cities.

The RAF was out numbering the Luftwatte and was struggling to match the number of British. Hitler saw how determined the British were and was forced to look for a new plan.

In attempt to win the war Hitler tried to destroy areas of great importance