HIST 3470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mass-Observation, Phoney War, The Civilians
22 Oct 2016
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Hist 3470: 20th century london lecture 7. Landscapes of london and its people have taken into england itself as a humble and stoic community. Image of london as a community (not just a strange exotic space), but a place of the british people. This is emphasized because this becomes great propaganda value. The bravery and suffering of londoners becomes a tool used when talking to potential allied countries. It becomes an iconic landscape of the blitz itself seems synonymous with the experience. London during the blitz can be compared to the events of the first world war. 600 londoners killed, mainly by zeppelin raids. This left a deep sense of terror associated with bombing. Globally, the specter of the bomber gets absorbed by the public mind: this is when all the developments are happening, the use of bombing upon civilians was common during this time.
