<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> The Blitz </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Western Front of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The undamaged St Paul 's Cathedral surrounded by smoke and bombed - out buildings and houses in December 1940 in the iconic photo St Paul 's Survives </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 September 1940 -- 11 May 1941 ( 1940 - 09 - 07 -- 1941 - 05 - 11 ) ( 8 months , 5 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> German strategic failure </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Hugh Dowding </Li> <Li> Frederick Pile </Li> <Li> Owen Tudor Boyd </Li> <Li> Sir Leslie Gossage </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Adolf Hitler </Li> <Li> Hermann Göring </Li> <Li> Hugo Sperrle </Li> <Li> Albert Kesselring </Li> <Li> Hans Jeschonnek </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 40,000 -- 43,000 civilians dead , ~ 46,000 injured figures for wounded possibly as high as 139,000 </Td> <Td> Unknown 3,363 aircrew 2,265 aircraft ( Summer 1940 -- May 1941 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> The Blitz </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Western Front of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The undamaged St Paul 's Cathedral surrounded by smoke and bombed - out buildings and houses in December 1940 in the iconic photo St Paul 's Survives </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 September 1940 -- 11 May 1941 ( 1940 - 09 - 07 -- 1941 - 05 - 11 ) ( 8 months , 5 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> German strategic failure </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Hugh Dowding </Li> <Li> Frederick Pile </Li> <Li> Owen Tudor Boyd </Li> <Li> Sir Leslie Gossage </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Adolf Hitler </Li> <Li> Hermann Göring </Li> <Li> Hugo Sperrle </Li> <Li> Albert Kesselring </Li> <Li> Hans Jeschonnek </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 40,000 -- 43,000 civilians dead , ~ 46,000 injured figures for wounded possibly as high as 139,000 </Td> <Td> Unknown 3,363 aircrew 2,265 aircraft ( Summer 1940 -- May 1941 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the air raids started in ww2
when did the air raids started in ww2
7 September 1940
7 September 1940