How the Blitz effected Civilians

London Blitz and Civilians

Overview: This article talks about how London was effected by the Blitz. It wasn't a surprise when the site stated that London suffered the most during the Blitz, considering other sites stated the same thing. This site gave information that will be very useful in my paper. It stated that 1,200,000 people were left homeless during the Blitz, which was 60% of the total people who were left homeless because of the Blitz. This site also gave me important and historical places that were damaged during the Blitz: St. Paul's Cathedral, The City Library in London, The British Museum, Houses of Parliament, and St. Jame's Palace.

Food rationing was already limited to the people of London. They were only limited to 6oz of meat, 1 egg, 4oz of butter, and 2oz of tea per week. Many people do not realize how little that is nowadays since everyone is used to getting what the need to be satisfied just in one day. There were two things that were not rationed though, beer and tobacco. Beer and tobacco were not rationed because they considered it to be a "necessary for morale". This low rationing of food continued after the war.

There were two main benefits to the Blitz. One benefit was for women. The women gained a great deal of respect after the war since they helped keep the country runnying by running the factories while the men were at war. The other benefit was for the economy. During the war, almost all factories were used to help with the war effort, which would be an increase to help make all the supplies needed. Not only did it increase during the war, but the economy continued increasing after the war. The factories were then used to help make goods for the economy which helped boos the rate of production causing the production rate to hit record high.

Argument: There really was not much of an argument, but one can say this site helps show London was not left in the dust after the war. The war only increased the economy for them and the respect for women, which many can say would be a great move towards modern days, showing women can handle work also.

Source: The source seems to be from some sort of organization because the url is .org.