Source B is very different to source D but it is still similar. Source B shows no heavy damage to buildings like D does but it implies it. Source B shows a lot of damage to life, as there are lots of dead bodies laying around, D shows none of this but you guess that there would be as Coventry was so heavily bombed it is extremely unlikely that no-one got hurt or killed. There is debris in both of the photos and so we assume the school in b was hit. So we find that source D to some extent supports source B but not completely.
Source C like source B compares to source D in some ways and not in others. Source C shows a lot of community spirit and happiness, while source D shows people ‘down’ and dispirited as well as gloomy. There is no debris in C like there is in D but there are lots of personnel possessions, but these tend to be larger items such as furniture. Having the furniture there suggests that many of the people are homeless as otherwise the furniture would be in they’re houses. This is relative to D as it also indicates homelessness.
Source B was censored which we find quite understandable as it is very graphic and shows many bodies which the public would find gruesome and most probably terrifying. This source shows women and children dead and means that no one is safe no matter whom you are. The censorship was to keep the spirits and morale of the country up, as without this the war could be lost.
Source C was not censored as it is very positive and shows the British getting on with they’re lives ‘what ever the weather’. This source shows everyone holding together and trying to help each other out, which is what the government wanted the British to do.
Source D was censored at first when Coventry was first bombed as it was thought to be too much of a shock to the people of Britain. They were used to bombing in London by now, but to suddenly have the centre of the country attacked it would have spread a wide feeling of discontentment and overall uneasiness as it shows how far the German bombers could go. This seemed to indicate that anywhere in the country could be reached so nowhere was safe. Showing this photo at the time would have just brought home the damage and probably caused some as well. Three months later the picture was released as it was expected that all except those in Coventry would have got used to the bombing by now and it could just show how people were carrying on even though the lives had been torn apart. It now showed well at least we’re all right.
To conclude I find that source D is relative to sources B and C when it comes to the damage in the air raids, but only in some ways. The sources B and C can appear to have not at all much to do with D, but we do find that there are slight ways that link them.
