<P> The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941 , during the Second World War . The term was first used by the British press as an abbreviation of Blitzkrieg ( lightning war ) . The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets , towns and cities , beginning with raids on London towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 , a battle for daylight air superiority between the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force over the United Kingdom . By September 1940 , the Luftwaffe had failed and the German air fleets ( Luftflotten ) were ordered to attack London , to draw RAF Fighter Command into a battle of annihilation . Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring , commander - in - chief of the Luftwaffe , ordered the new policy on 6 September 1940 . From 7 September 1940 , London was systematically bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 out of the following 57 days and nights . Most notable was a large daylight attack against London on 15 September . </P>
<P> The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941 , during the Second World War . The term was first used by the British press as an abbreviation of Blitzkrieg ( lightning war ) . The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets , towns and cities , beginning with raids on London towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 , a battle for daylight air superiority between the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force over the United Kingdom . By September 1940 , the Luftwaffe had failed and the German air fleets ( Luftflotten ) were ordered to attack London , to draw RAF Fighter Command into a battle of annihilation . Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring , commander - in - chief of the Luftwaffe , ordered the new policy on 6 September 1940 . From 7 September 1940 , London was systematically bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 out of the following 57 days and nights . Most notable was a large daylight attack against London on 15 September . </P>
what parts of england were bombed in ww2
what parts of england were bombed in ww2
industrial targets towns cities
industrial targets towns cities