The Blitz

(noun)

The name borrowed by the British press and applied to the heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

Related Terms

Examples of The Blitz in the following topics:

  • The Battle of Britain

    • However, Nazi Germany continued bombing operations on Britain, known as the Blitz.
    • The Blitz, from the German word 'Blitzkrieg' meaning 'lightning war,' was the name borrowed by the British press and applied to the heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
    • The North Sea port of Hull, a convenient and easily found target or secondary target for bombers unable to locate their primary targets, was subjected to 86 raids in the Hull Blitz during the war, with a conservative estimate of 1,200 civilians killed and 95 percent of its housing stock destroyed or damaged.
    • The Blitz was only authorised when the Luftwaffe had failed to meet preconditions for a 1940 launch of Operation Sea Lion, the provisionally planned German invasion of Britain.
    • In comparison to the later Allied bombing campaign against Germany, the Blitz resulted in relatively few casualties; the British bombing of Hamburg in July 1943 inflicted some 42,000 civilian deaths, about the same as the entire Blitz.

  • The European Theater

    • However, the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union and the exhausting offensive on the Eastern Front stalled Nazi Germany's gains and paved the way for the Allies' victory.
    • However, Nazi Germany continued bombing operations on Britain, known as the Blitz.
    • During the Blitz, all of Britain's major industrial, political, and cultural centers were heavily bombed.
    • The primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region, Moscow and Ukraine, with the ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line, from the Caspian to the White Seas.
    • The Soviet victory at Kursk marked the end of German superiority, giving the Soviet Union the initiative on the Eastern Front.

  • Mobilizing Public Opinion

    • The Court defined this "direct" method of lobbying as "representations made directly to the Congress, its members, or its committees".
    • Because of the important connection between public opinion and voting, this may have the secondary effect of influencing Congress.
    • After the Constitution was proposed, Madison wrote many of the 85 newspaper editorials that argued for people to support the Constitution.
    • As a result of Madison's "lobbying" effort, the Constitution was ratified, although there were narrow margins of victory in four of the states.
    • Lobbying today generally requires mounting a coordinated campaign, which can include targeted blitzes of telephone calls, letters, and emails to congressional lawmakers.

  • Hitler's Germany

    • Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when the country was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
    • The period is also known under the names the Third Reich and the National Socialist Period.
    • The Germanic peoples (the Nordic race) were considered by the Nazis to be the purest branch of the Aryan race, and were therefore viewed as the master race.
    • By June 1933, virtually the only organisations not in the control of the Nazi Party were the army and the churches.
    • The legislation was accompanied by a propaganda blitz that led to public support for the measure.

  • Italy and Germany

    • The King was a figurehead and handled ceremonial roles; he retained the power to dismiss the prime minister on the advice of the Grand Council—which is what happened in 1943.
    • The OND had the largest membership of any of the mass Fascist organizations in Italy. 
    • After the federal election of 1932, the Nazis were the largest party in the Reichstag, holding 230 seats with 37.4 percent of the popular vote.
    • By June 1933, virtually the only organisations not in the control of the NSDAP were the army and the churches.
    • The legislation was accompanied by a propaganda blitz that led to public support for the measure.

  • Ulna and Radius (The Forearm)

    • The forearm contains two bones—the radius and the ulna—that extend in parallel from the elbow, where they articulate with the humerus to the wrist, where they articulate with the carpals.
    • The space between the two bones is spanned by the interosseous membrane.
    • The cornoid process, together with the olecranon, forms the trochlear notch where it articulates with the trochlea of the humerus.
    • Laterally to the trochlear notch lies the radial notch, which articulates with the head of the radius to form the proximal radioulnar joint.
    • Distally the radius expands, medially the ulnar notch articulates with the head of the ulnar.

  • Human Appendicular Skeleton

    • The humerus is the largest and longest bone of the upper limb and the only bone of the arm.
    • The pelvis joins together in the anterior of the body the pubic symphysis joint and with the bones of the sacrum at the posterior of the body.
    • The lower limbs consists of the thigh, the leg, and the foot.
    • The tarsals are the seven bones of the ankle, which transmits the weight of the body from the tibia and the fibula to the foot.
    • The metatarsals are the five bones of the foot, while the phalanges are the 14 bones of the toes .

  • Orbits

    • The orbit is the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
    • To the rear of the orbit, the optic foramen opens into the optical canal through which the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery pass.
    • The frontal bone forms the superior border of the orbital rim and also the superior wall (roof) of the orbital surface.
    • The zygomatic bone forms the lateral (and half of the basal) border of the orbital rim, and also the lateral wall of the orbital surface—this is the thickest region of the orbit as it is most exposed to external trauma.
    • Finally, the sphenoid bone forms the posterior wall of the orbit and also contributes to the formation of the optic canal.

  • Ischium

    • The ischium forms the lower and posterior portion of the hip bones of the pelvis.
    • The ischium forms the lower and back part of the hip bone .
    • The inferior ramus of the ischium is thin and flattened and ascends from the superior ramus of the ischium to join the inferior ramus of the pubis.
    • The ischium is located below the ilium and behind the pubis.
    • The ischium is labeled at the bottom left of the ilium.

  • Ascending Aorta

    • The ascending aorta is the first portion of the aorta; it includes the aortic sinuses, the bulb of the aorta, and the sinotubular junction.
    • The ascending aorta is a portion of the aorta beginning at the upper part of the base of the left ventricle, on a level with the lower border of the third costal cartilage behind the left half of the sternum; it passes diagonally upward, forward, and to the right, in the direction of the heart's axis, as high as the upper border of the second right costal cartilage.
    • The aortic root is the portion of the ascending aorta beginning at the aortic annulus, the fibrous attachment between the heart and the aorta, and extending to the sinotubular junction.
    • The ascending aorta is covered at its beginning by the trunk of the pulmonary artery and, higher up, is separated from the sternum by the pericardium, the right pleura, the anterior margin of the right lung, some loose areolar tissue, and the remains of the thymus.
    • The aorta has three parts: the ascending, the arch and the descending.