London and the blitz

• What was the population of London in 1939?

  8.6 million
• When were gas masks issued to civilians?

  September 1938 (Munich crisis)
• How many boroughs were in London at the time?

  28
• When did the blackout begin?

  1st September 1939
• How many civilians were evacuated within the first day of the war?

  1.25 million
• What did people think of gas masks?

  Didn't like them, hot and smelled bad
• How many Anderson shelters were built?

  2 million
• What percent of people had an Anderson shelter?

  25%
• When did the Blitz start?

  7th September 1940
• When was Black Saturday?

  7th September 1940
• How many people died on Black Saturday?

  400 (1,600 wounded)
• What caused large fires on Black Saturday?

  Burning tar, soap and alcohol from the docks
• When were the biggest air raids?

  14th and 15th October 1940
• What were the OKD?

  Luftwaffe High Command
• How long did bombing continue for consecutively?

  57 nights
• Who was Mickey Davis?


  An optician who set up a committee to run an underground station as a shelter
• What were incendiaries?


  Bombs that created fires when they landed
• How much of the damage was done by fires?

  90%
• When was phase 2?


  November 1940 - May 1941
• When was the 'second great fire of London'?

  29th December 1940
• How many fires were created in the 'second great fire of London'?

  1,500
• How many were killed or injured between Phase 1 & 2?

  Over 54,000
• How many Londoners were made homeless in the first 6 weeks?

  250,000
• What were civil defence workers made of?

  Auxiliary Fire Service; Air RAID Precaution Officers; First Aid Post
• When was the Bethnal Green Disaster?


  3rd March 1943
• When was Britain first attacked by V1s?

  12/13th June 1944
• What helped to stop V1 attacks?

  Barrage balloons and anti-aircraft guns
• How many were killed or badly injured by V1s and V2s?

  29,000
• Where were V1s fired from?

  Northern France and Holland
• When did the first V2s hit London?

  8th September 1944
• When did the last V1 hit London?

  29th March 1945
• When did the last V2 hit London?

  27th March 1945
• What was the crowd limit of football matches in London?

  8,000 (16,000 elsewhere)
• What was the attendance of a cricket match at Lord's?

  13,000
• How long did Media have to wait before reporting on an event?

  14 days