Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-41?
There were many reasons why Nazi Germany bombed the major cities during 1940-1941 destroy the regular air force during the battle of Britain. They also used the accident that happened as an excuse and the success of bombing in the 1930’s justified their actions. Other reasons include Germany wanting to destroy Britain’s war effort and the people’s morale.
The failure of the Battle of Britain was a major cause leading to the blitz and Germany a major cause heading to the Blitz. Germany decided to invade Britain by first destroying the RAF, as with what happened to Poland and France. They also wanted to destroy Britain’s airfields, radar and communication points. However they failed in this for a number of reasons. Firstly Germany had a lack of heavy bombers and their tactical bombers stuckers only had one or two bombs meaning that they were limited. They also found that it was difficult to defeat the RAF. Who could match them with their fighter planes this was made worse by the fact that Germanys fighter planes could not stay with their bombers for long which made then vulnerable. Therefore, Germany... to bombing
