the relentless german bombing of british cities in the summer of 1940 is known as the blitz.
the relentless german bombing of british cities in the summer of 1940 is known as the?
the blitz
the film was produced in the context of the blitz, the series of german bombing raids on british cities that began in september 1940. a central message of the film is that "life goes on", with christmas traditions continuing despite disruption caused by bombing. in order to encourage the support of the american population, the film was designed to shake the complacency of neutral america, while depicting the resilience, determination and defiance of british civilians. one window cleaner, for example, is shown putting up a poster stating: "business as usual: if you've got no windows, we'll clean your chimneys".
christmas under fire
the 1st armored division was on the receiving end of german anti-tank and screening tactics and had not learned about those tactics from experienced british armored forces. others in the u.s. army were well aware of the german deception tactics. the allies were also unable to prevent the germans from attaining air superiority over the battlefield, limiting effective allied air reconnaissance and allowing relentless german bombing and strafing attacks that disrupted allied attempts at deployment and organization. attacks by the "luftwaffe" in close support of german ground offensives often neutralized american attempts to organise effective defensive artillery fire.









































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