@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Thing is the German bombings were not thought out properly, they never destroyed our means of making weapons, aircraft etc. I think more than anything it made the British stronger and more resilient
It must have boosted the war effort because we definitely took revenge
@Kaytee posted:Doubt it, not the right time
I don't know Kaytee, I watched something not so long ago....and it showed how we used propaganda in the war, it was interesting...maybe not in this case, I mean other times 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Thing is the German bombings were not thought out properly, they never destroyed our means of making weapons, aircraft etc. I think more than anything it made the British stronger and more resilient
read somewhere that Britain wasn't his intended target - not sure where I read it - and that's why he didn't invade at our weakest point
@Kaytee posted:It must have boosted the war effort because we definitely took revenge
it did, we boosted our production....
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I don't know Kaytee, I watched something not so long ago....and it showed how we used propaganda in the war, it was interesting...maybe not in this case, I mean other times
Oh both sides used propaganda,the Germans used Lord Haw Haw to try and scare the bejaysus out of us....and we did much the same thing to them
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:read somewhere that Britain wasn't his intended target - not sure where I read it - and that's why he didn't invade at our weakest point
I think they couldn't weaken our RAF...I forget a lot of it. Hitler turned his attention to Russia
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I don't know Kaytee, I watched something not so long ago....and it showed how we used propaganda in the war, it was interesting...maybe not in this case, I mean other times
Yes, propaganda must've been used on both sides surely?
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:it did, we boosted our production....
By a country mile
@Kaytee posted:Oh both sides used propaganda,the Germans used Lord Haw Haw to try and scare the bejaysus out of us....and we did much the same thing to them
oh yes
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I think they couldn't weaken our RAF...I forget a lot of it. Hitler turned his attention to Russia
yes same here dammee - only know sketchy bits
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:read somewhere that Britain wasn't his intended target - not sure where I read it - and that's why he didn't invade at our weakest point
In the beginning Hitler thought we were likely to side with them because we were both Anglo Saxon races
wow that was awful -what a mess
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I think they couldn't weaken our RAF...I forget a lot of it. Hitler turned his attention to Russia
My parents lived next door to an airfield they used to count the planes going out and coming back
@Kaytee posted:In the beginning Hitler thought we were likely to side with them because we were both Anglo Saxon races
yes and to be fair, he did have some support 
awww poor thing
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:yes and to be fair, he did have some support
Yes,very trueð
@Kaytee posted:My parents lived next door to an airfield they used to count the planes going out and coming back
flipping heck....dangerous place to live
I was listening to the radio this morning, article......who was the best prime minister in our lifetime......concensus......Churchill/Thatcher 
how sad 
aww it destroyed lives
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:how sad
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:aww it destroyed lives
Any wars destroy lives, ultimately
@Baz posted:And no real welfare state either
no not until quite a few years later
@Baz posted:And no real welfare state either
not a proper one, I think it was after the NHS was set up National Assistance came in
@Baz posted:Poor old dear
yes must have been dreadful for that family
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:flipping heck....dangerous place to live
He was working on war stuff....he went to India in 1941 or 2....to do military stuff there....for the Burma Front......they were torpedoed on the way out and the ship sank, but that's another very long story
@Kaytee posted:He was working on war stuff....he went to India in 1941 or 2....to do military stuff there....for the Burma Front......they were torpedoed on the way out and the ship sank, but that's another very long story
bloody hell 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:not a proper one, I think it was after the NHS was set up National Assistance came in
yes - remember my gran ,mentioning the penny doctor -they paid every week so they could afford one
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:not a proper one, I think it was after the NHS was set up National Assistance came in
That's my understanding of it too
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes - remember my gran ,mentioning the penny doctor -they paid every week so they could afford one
I desperately hope we don't go back to that...but I haven't that much faith to be honest
I just got shivers as he said that
