Blitz Anniversary

Today, 07/09/2010 is the 70th anniversary of the wartime blitz on Britain and there has been a service at St. Pauls Cathedral.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11216178

The link below has some rather interesting pics...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309462/Blitz-70th-anniversary-Images-merge-WWII-bombings-modern-day-Britain.html?ITO=1490

Lest we forget..

The photos are incredible!!!

How long was England bombed? Was it the entire war? I really admire the strength of the English people during that time. What they had to endure was incredible!!!  It is my "favorite" era in history.

They are indeed great pics Toby and thanks for mentioning this anniversary.

According to the article Krissy it says the blitz went on for 8 months but in that time 30,000 people had lost their lives!

We must not forget..............

The most important thing to remember about the Blitz, of course, is the tremendous loss of life and the great number of injuries caused, both physical and psychological.

But what also must be remembered are the irreplaceable architectural losses caused by the bombing, the most famous being the entire cathedral at Coventry in the Luftwaffe fire-bombing raid of November 15, 1940 on that unfortunate city. Hundreds of historic buildings and churches were either entirely or partially destroyed during these raids. Though many medieval cathedrals were damaged (Exeter Cathedral, for example), it may be that they were often spared complete destruction because their sheer size made them good landmarks and points of reference for the Luftwaffe bombardiers!

I can't even imagine how horrible it must have been to live through that. 

I remember hearing a story about the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth's mother, and how after Buckingham Palace was hit, they wanted her to take the kids and evacuate to Canada until it was safe to come home, and how she refused because she thought of how important it was to stay with her countrymen who didn't have the luxury of evacuating.

Funny how the word "terrorism" has only recently crept into the language.  The blitz was terrorism on a massive scale.