By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Your feedback will go directly to Science X editors. Her mum Charlotte Hodgson said music was her daughter’s life. The most massive bombing of London occurred on September 7, when more than 300 bombers attacked in the evening and 250 attacked at night. German strategists of the 1930s carefully developed the principles that establish what types of bombing would be consistent with international law. But collectively, this story is not given the sustained prominence it needs if the government is going to be held to account. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, had auditioned there for Britain’s Got Talent. In the event, the battle was won by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command, whose victory not only blocked the possibility of invasion but also created the conditions for Great Britain’s survival, for the extension of the war, and for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. The French government collapsed on June 16 and was replaced by a regime that immediately sued for peace. What do they mean when they say something is so many light years away. Hitler adopted the strategy of bombing as a means of destroying the morale of British society. These failures extend to wider civil society too. She said: “She told me she was going to be famous.”. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, had auditioned there for Britain’s Got Talent. British complicity in that ought to be unthinkable. But large swathes of the left have simply not done enough. or, by University of York. A bomb, containing plutonium, was placed on board an empty frigate, HMS Plym, and at 23:59 on October 2, 1952, Britain became only the third country to successfully detonate a nuclear weapon. It is tragic that the major demonstrations we saw over the invasion and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq have never materialised to end the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. View our online Press Pack. ", Commenting on the launch Joseph Pettican, Digital Resources Publisher at Taylor & Francis, said: "We have been delighted to be involved with the release of the interactive Bombing Britain map, which we are very pleased to make free to the public, with the corresponding data free to download. For a nation that talks endlessly about its place in the world, much of Britain’s political culture remains intensely parochial, self-absorbed, and remarkably casual about the huge humanitarian costs of its behaviour in the global south. Smoke rising from the London Docklands after the first mass air raid on the British capital, Sept. 7, 1940. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. In the 1930s, Hitler failed to pay the same attention to the strategy of bombing the enemy as he paid to defense against enemy bombing, although he contributed to the development of aviation and understood that bombers could be used for strategic purposes. Your opinions are important to us. The Blitz was the bombing of Great Britain by Germany from September 7, 1940, to May 10, 1941, as part of the Battle of Britain.