Describe the effects of the Blitz on everyday life in Britain?

propaganda.         The bombing s had big effects on the cities and industries. Throughout the winter of 1940- 1 bombing had continued on a lesser scale. Bombing of the industries target was lass effective because more precision was needed. Factories unlike housing estates were sometimes isolated and could easily be missed at night. Most German bombing was indiscriminate and failed to put industry out of action. Most factories were resume prodction with in two or three days of being hit. By the time of January 1941, there had been 530 people killed in Southampton and 1000 in Bristol. A raid of 125 bombers and 299 people died hit Cardiff. The second important point was how people were dealing with the Blitz. In what ways did they help each other? People around at the time of the Blitz built shelters (Anderson Shelters). If they didn’t have gardens to build the shelters they could go to the under ground station were you could be given food, blankets and beds. People tried to come together to sing in churches and cinemas. They wanted to show   the Germans that they were still happy. The Blitz during of 1940’s it was very difficult, as the bombing had destroyed homes, lives and families. The worst affected city were killed in 1940.During the Blitz families were broken up, member of the family had died during the bombing.         The last point was the controls over the information, media, censorship and propaganda. The British didn’t want any negative information about the war out to the Germans. They didn’t want to show or talk about the damage the Germans had made and how many people had died because of this. Censorship was the most obvious way of controlling the news. The ministry of information was the government department responsible for informing people about the events in the war as well as keeping up the morale. Any photographs that were likely to undermine public morale were withheld. A photograph taken of a school playground in Catford was withheld because it showed dead children, as were photographs of angry people. The most famous example was the picture of St Paul’s Cathedral surrounded by flames.  The report described the effects of one of dangerous raids of the war. 4000 people were killed in a raid that lasted for ten hours.