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Bookmark or Share- The Blitz: When Was It, Why Did It Begin And How Did It End ...Published: September 7, 2020 at 12:00 PM. From his vantage point in Normandy, Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring pointed his binoculars in the direction of the English coast. It was 7 September 1940, a fateful day in the history of the Second World War.
- The Blitz | World War II, History, & Facts | BritannicaThe Blitz (September 7, 1940–May 11, 1941), bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against Britain during World War II. For eight months planes of the Luftwaffe dropped bombs on London and other strategic cities.
- The Blitz begins as Germany bombs London - HISTORYOn September 7, 1940, 300 German bombers raid London, in the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. This bombing “blitzkrieg” (lightning war) would continue until May 1941.
- The Blitz - WikipediaThe Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term Blitzkrieg, the German word meaning 'lightning war'.
- Blitzkrieg: Definition, London & World War II - HISTORYMost famously, blitzkrieg describes the successful tactics used by Nazi Germany in the early years of World War II, as German forces swept through Poland, Norway, Belgium, Holland and France...
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