How Did the Blitz Effect People?

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How Did the Blitz Effect People?

During the Blitz many people stayed at home or went to their Anderson shelters if the homeowners broke any blackout regulations the ARP wardens had the authority to prosecute. During the Blitz rationing was introduced (1940), Butter, sugar and bacon were started to be rationed in 1941. Evacuation started in 1939 where they removed schoolchildren, mothers, pregnant women, blind/disabled People and teachers to the countryside where they were thought to be safe from the bombing in the cities. As men were sent of to fight in the war the Women’s Land Army was started to help farms grow more food and helped on general work. These were some of the effects on how the Blitz effected People.

One reason the Blitz effected people was because of ARP wardens. ARP wardens wore black uniforms with white steel helmets; every street had an appointed ARP warden with the Jobs of checking the houses in their area. Every house had to have a bucket to put out fires, a safe room where people could go in case of an air raid. Wardens also had the job of knowing how many people slept in as house. With the ARP wardens having so many jobs to ensure peoples safety they were accused of interfering. This is one reason of how the Blitz effected the every day person.

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Second reason the Blitz effected People was because of Propaganda. The government used Propaganda to create the image for over-seas and in England that everything was going Okay and that Morale was kept high amongst bombsites/ inner cities. Most People believed this but amongst bombsite there was Hysteria. ‘There were more open signs of hysteria and terror than observed in the previous two months. On Friday evening (15 November), there were several signs of suppressed panic as darkness approached’. This is an extract of an official report into the events after the bombing of Coventry on 14th November 1940 it ...

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