Blitz
About Blitz
The Blitz was a bombing campaign by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It lasted for eight months, from 7 September 1940 to 16 May 1941. The name is a shortened form of Blitzkrieg, a term used in the popular press to describe a German style of surprise attack used during the war.
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The Blitz: London gets a lot of the headlines, but the rest of the country was hit. Sheffield was hit quite badly because, according to JBS Haldane, there was half a square mile of Sheffield that was more vital for production of munitions than anywhere else in Britain.
from 596: No Such Thing As Dance Floor Book Club, 2025-08-14 at 00:49:26 · read transcript
Other times Blitz came up
People do assume that. I couldn't really find any evidence of any studies that say people's mental health is affected. Also, I think, what happened? Post-war, when there was a housing shortage, you know, after the Blitz and everything, you had to build quickly. There was this fashion in Europe for building up these modernist architects. Le Corbusier, who built UNITEDA d'Abetation, all these grand ideas.
451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
If there's not a teapot van on the streets of London, England will fall. In wartime, especially, we get very possessive about tea. In the Second World War, I don't think we've mentioned that, well, first of all, once the Blitz came, all British tea stock was moved out of London, and it was dispersed through the country to 500 different locations. Whoa, 500. That's you're really making sure they can't get all 500.
No Such Thing As Kylie Minnow, 2021-03-11 · listen
Do you think a curious person would get out of the house and look off and go? I wonder what's going on there? Idiots. No, no, no, no, no, sorry. She claimed in 1940, November 1940, so I guess the Blitz had been going on for a while. She claimed she had rescued 600 cats from bomb of buildings, knowing cats, it was probably the same one. Someone who's an unexpected cowboy, Osama bin Laden. Turns out he used to walk around with a Stetsanon.
No Such Thing As Taming A Plane, 2023-06-01 · listen
More places from this episode
596: No Such Thing As Dance Floor Book Club put 3 places on the map.
- Red Lion Square · United Kingdom
- Derby · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51.5069, -0.1275