The Spirit Of De Blizt

The spirit of the blitz

After the bombings began, life was completely turned upside down for civilians. People began to sleep in the tube (subway) stations to be safer. Every day people woke upto see if anything of theirs was hit. If their home was destroyed, the whole family would live in a temporary shelter until they could find some other accommodation. They always tried to keep lifenormal, but that is hard during a war.

It is impossible for people today to imagine what the British people went through for nine months. They suffered deaths equal to a 9/11 every night knowing itwas coming. 1,495 British pilots, mostly in their early twenties, died in the Royal Air Force defense of Britain. The British people lived with rationing, fear, and grief, but still rose to the occasionand did not give up.

One of the many reasons Londoners retained hope in winning the war was because St. Paul’s Cathedral was never destroyed. It was damaged when a bomb smashed through it, but itnever showed damage on the outside. One London citizen, Tom Stothard, said, “I think if St. Paul’s had shown damage, the heart would have gone out of Londoners. But there it was, hope.” The reasonpeople saw hope in St. Paul’s is because they saw a spiritual landmark amid great devastation. It was a symbol of survival amid the devastation of the rest of Europe.

Another reason British peopledidn’t give up was because of how well Winston Churchill rallied their spirits and efforts. He inspired the people on to their own heroic efforts and “Their finest hour” by his speeches. Churchill’sexpertise at writing speeches brought the British people together for a common cause. Churchill was the embodiment of the British people’s determination to stay alive and not to give up.

The realspirit of the Blitz was when the people came together and helped each other . Civil Defense Forces would help find people in bombed out houses, people would take a homeless family in to live with...