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Shop Assistant Sees The First Big Raid
- A teenage shop assistant experiences the siren and watches a vast formation of German aircraft pass overhead on 7 September 1940.
- She fears her customer's Spitfire pilot son can't stop the incoming swarm.
Start And Scale Of The Blitz
- The Blitz began with the first large-scale attack on London's Docklands on 7 September 1940 and lasted over eight months.
- Around 43,000 civilians were killed and many more were injured or made homeless across Britain.
Practical Civil Defence Measures
- Prepare communal and household air-raid precautions like evacuations, blackouts, barrage balloons, and shelters before attacks escalate.
- Implement organized distribution of shelters and civil defence to reduce casualties and maintain social order.