How did the government censor the British people from the war?
The government hid the effects of the Blitz from the British people in a number of ways. They didn’t let any information, which they thought was unsuitable for the public, out. This was called censorship and it included drawings, photographs, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, and the new on the television. The government also used propaganda to boost morale among the british people.
The British government tried to stop the Germans lowering the morale of the British people. This was one of Hitler’s aims, and he thought this would win him the war. This is why it was vital for the British government to hide much of the destruction happening in other towns and cities at that time by using censorship and propaganda. Pictures of dead bodies were strictly prohibited and pictures showing mass destruction, or the obliteration of a well-known monument were not allowed past the many people employed to safe guard the public from knowing about the vast amount of terror. There was an incident where many people were killed an injured which was censored from the public. This was in a town called Catford, in London. A small playground in Catford was badly hit and many school children were injured and some were even killed. There was a picture of this ruined playground with a child’s dead body laying in it. The British public were bound to find this very disturbing so it was banned from being entered in the newspapers.
