Are there any good sites I should know about which describe how the Government tried to hide the effects of the Blitz from civilians? Any useful sites with appropriate photographs, articles, and just plain old information?
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Lex,
Sorry for delay in reply. I/we are still looking for sites/info to help. Keep checking back here. I'm sure we will come up with something shortly.
Sorry for delay in reply. I/we are still looking for sites/info to help. Keep checking back here. I'm sure we will come up with something shortly.
Eep. I thought it was a toughie too...
Thankyou So much for spending time on it... You have no idea how much of a help it would be if you found something!
I really, really appreciate it.
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Thankyou So much for spending time on it... You have no idea how much of a help it would be if you found something!
I really, really appreciate it.
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Still struggling to come up with anything really helpful, Lex 
Apparantly the first chapter(s) of this book 'Never Again: Britain 1945-1951' by
Peter Hennessy published by Vintage; ISBN: 0099301210 has some useful information. The book's bibliography may be helpful too. Perhaps you could get hold of a copy from your local library?
Amazon has a used copy for sale for £5.25. See this page.
Is this a coursework question? Have you asked your teacher where relevant information can be found?
IF this a question which is part of the Edexcel 'Britain in the Age of Total War' coursework unit then the Board's recommended text is:
Modern World History for Edexcel A: Britain in the Age of Total War 1939-1945: Coursework Topic Books (Modern World History for Edexcel)
by John Wright
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Secondary Division; ISBN: 0435327305
It is for sale on the Amazon site here and costs £5.50.
However, I have absolutely no idea whether it is any good.
Apparantly the first chapter(s) of this book 'Never Again: Britain 1945-1951' by
Peter Hennessy published by Vintage; ISBN: 0099301210 has some useful information. The book's bibliography may be helpful too. Perhaps you could get hold of a copy from your local library?
Amazon has a used copy for sale for £5.25. See this page.
Is this a coursework question? Have you asked your teacher where relevant information can be found?
IF this a question which is part of the Edexcel 'Britain in the Age of Total War' coursework unit then the Board's recommended text is:
Modern World History for Edexcel A: Britain in the Age of Total War 1939-1945: Coursework Topic Books (Modern World History for Edexcel)
by John Wright
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Secondary Division; ISBN: 0435327305
It is for sale on the Amazon site here and costs £5.50.
However, I have absolutely no idea whether it is any good.
The students I teach do a coursework question on this, but we give them relevant sources to work with. Please do check the information your teacher has given you.
This piece of work is not a source-based piece, so the teacher gave us none to work with. I wish it were though, Mr Field, I wish it were.
Been trying to write up an appropriate answer to this question for AAAGES! Schtuk! Eep.
Thankyou for trying to help Mrs Faithorn.
Been trying to write up an appropriate answer to this question for AAAGES! Schtuk! Eep.
Thankyou for trying to help Mrs Faithorn.
Totally agree with the above! I've been sitting going thorugh the internet and forums etc and have found no help on this question...i'm almost certain no-one will reply to this but if anyone has any help at all i would be great, i've got until 17th April to get this done but i have so much work this holiday i'm rather suprised i have a life!
Please hurry back!
Please hurry back!
Ketley,
Have you spoken to the other students on your course? Are they also having a hard time finding material?
Have you spoken to the other students on your course? Are they also having a hard time finding material?
I dont do this course but seeing as we did our coursework on WW1 i might be able to help ...
I guess you are doing edexcel history?
If so the mark scheme for the question is ...
3. In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the
Blitz from the people of Britain?
(20)
Target: Key Features
Level 1: Simple statements supported by some knowledge,
e.g. newspaper articles, photographs (1-5)
Level 2: Developed statements supported by relevant knowledge,
e.g. the use of censorship, photographs could not be published,
articles were written by the government etc. (6-10)
Level 3: Developed explanation supported by selected knowledge,
e.g. showing understanding of the role of the censor and the
Ministry of Information, use of newsreel and accounts of the
number of German aircraft shot down. (11-15)
Level 4: Sustained argument supported by precisely selected
knowledge, e.g. understands the overall aim of the in applying
censorship, need to maintain public morale, counter German
propaganda, use of posters, film, the radio the press etc. (16-20)
So If i were you I would include the following in my answer ...
1. what was the role of the minister of education
2. What was censorship and how was it used (films news propaganda ...)
3. Why actually was the government trying to hide the effects of the blitz
You may find this website useful ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/ww2/censor_prop.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/brita.../blitz_05.shtml
Also for help in reasons why the government treid to hide the effects of the blitz, look at the following things which happened, you could do PEE paragraphs (use your point as the question and the evidence as these reasons below explained and then your explanatation in why this led to the government hiding the effects of the blitz, or at least trying to)
· 30,000 people killed.
· Shops, offices, churches, factories, docks and homes all attacked. Give examples.
· 1.4 million Londoners were made homeless.
· Only targeted major cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Southampton.
· When the air raid sirens rang out the people of London headed for a tube station and others
headed for their air raid shelters.
· East End and Docklands were particularly affected. Explain why.
Hope this helps, sorry if it doesnt xxx
I guess you are doing edexcel history?
If so the mark scheme for the question is ...
3. In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the
Blitz from the people of Britain?
(20)
Target: Key Features
Level 1: Simple statements supported by some knowledge,
e.g. newspaper articles, photographs (1-5)
Level 2: Developed statements supported by relevant knowledge,
e.g. the use of censorship, photographs could not be published,
articles were written by the government etc. (6-10)
Level 3: Developed explanation supported by selected knowledge,
e.g. showing understanding of the role of the censor and the
Ministry of Information, use of newsreel and accounts of the
number of German aircraft shot down. (11-15)
Level 4: Sustained argument supported by precisely selected
knowledge, e.g. understands the overall aim of the in applying
censorship, need to maintain public morale, counter German
propaganda, use of posters, film, the radio the press etc. (16-20)
So If i were you I would include the following in my answer ...
1. what was the role of the minister of education
2. What was censorship and how was it used (films news propaganda ...)
3. Why actually was the government trying to hide the effects of the blitz
You may find this website useful ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/ww2/censor_prop.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/brita.../blitz_05.shtml
Also for help in reasons why the government treid to hide the effects of the blitz, look at the following things which happened, you could do PEE paragraphs (use your point as the question and the evidence as these reasons below explained and then your explanatation in why this led to the government hiding the effects of the blitz, or at least trying to)
· 30,000 people killed.
· Shops, offices, churches, factories, docks and homes all attacked. Give examples.
· 1.4 million Londoners were made homeless.
· Only targeted major cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Southampton.
· When the air raid sirens rang out the people of London headed for a tube station and others
headed for their air raid shelters.
· East End and Docklands were particularly affected. Explain why.
Hope this helps, sorry if it doesnt xxx
(This is from Mr Clare's post where he helped me with the same question)
Hope that helps.
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On censorship and propaganda IN GENERAL, read http://www.johndclare.net/wwii12.htm
but it doesnlt really do the job for you, because you want to know about censorship and propaganda specifically on the Blitz.
I do know that the government suppresed photos of dead children, and others such as this one - http://www.johndclare.net/images/wwii6bbus.jpg - because it feared they would damage public morale.
www.kgv.edu.hk/history/Y10-11/Yr10cwhelp.doc suggests you look at:
I haven't found a specific site on this on the web.
You will be interested in this page, and especially in this page from the BBC.
But it does just seem to be a case of browsing the web about the Blitz and picking up the titbits by doing google searches on "The Blitz" plus words such as 'government', 'censorship', 'propaganda' etc.
but it doesnlt really do the job for you, because you want to know about censorship and propaganda specifically on the Blitz.
I do know that the government suppresed photos of dead children, and others such as this one - http://www.johndclare.net/images/wwii6bbus.jpg - because it feared they would damage public morale.
www.kgv.edu.hk/history/Y10-11/Yr10cwhelp.doc suggests you look at:
3) In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the Blitz from the people of Britain?
See pages 14-17 from Chandler and p306-307 & p315-316 from Walsh!!!
- What was the role of the Minister of Information?
- What was censorship and in what ways did the government use it? – mention film/newsreels, posters, radio, press etc – see ‘Government Propaganda’ section of your handout.
- Why was the government trying to hide the effects of the Blitz from the British people?
I haven't found a specific site on this on the web.
You will be interested in this page, and especially in this page from the BBC.
But it does just seem to be a case of browsing the web about the Blitz and picking up the titbits by doing google searches on "The Blitz" plus words such as 'government', 'censorship', 'propaganda' etc.
Hope that helps.
The government used various types censorship to conceal the effects of the Blitz such as
However, there was also positive propaganda, playing up stories of plucky Brits - not all of which went down well because they seemed to minimise the suffering / hardship experienced by the victims of the attacks. Films such as 'Went the Day Well' and 'Henry V' were strong on patriotism and national unity, though references to these would need to be justified as examples of 'conealing the effects of the Blitz'.
- D (Defence)Notices which allowed the Min. of Information to censor media coverage - the broadcasts of the socialist ,JB Priestley, on the BBC were stopped because of their critical content
- stopping newspapers from revealing the precise location of areas bombed (though this was done more to keep the Germans uncertain as to the accuracy of their bombing),
- banning newspapers which were critical of the government's conduct of the war (the Daily Worker)
- suppressing stories which suggested poor morale (e.g. trekking, booing of the King and Queen in the East End, looting, panic e.g. the stampede outside a tube entrance in 1943 which killed 173, Communist-led protests about inadequate shelter provision in the working class areas of the East End
However, there was also positive propaganda, playing up stories of plucky Brits - not all of which went down well because they seemed to minimise the suffering / hardship experienced by the victims of the attacks. Films such as 'Went the Day Well' and 'Henry V' were strong on patriotism and national unity, though references to these would need to be justified as examples of 'conealing the effects of the Blitz'.
Can someone help me to find some info of Dr. Nick Taratsoo views on the morale within britain during the Blitz
I think you've misspelled him - it's Nick Tiratsoo.
Tiratsoo was one of a number of revisionists who argued that the Brits DIDN'T all pull together in the war - that morale and the will to go on was NOT as good as the government and people would have had you think.
There's very little on him on the web.
The book you need, if you go to your local library and ask for an interlibrary loan, seems to be: Nick Tiratsoo, England Arise!: The Labour Party and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain (1995)
Tiratsoo was one of a number of revisionists who argued that the Brits DIDN'T all pull together in the war - that morale and the will to go on was NOT as good as the government and people would have had you think.
There's very little on him on the web.
The book you need, if you go to your local library and ask for an interlibrary loan, seems to be: Nick Tiratsoo, England Arise!: The Labour Party and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain (1995)
this info realy help thanks i found this website by looking on my work sheets and i was having troble with it so i found this web site 
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3) In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the Blitz from the people of Britain?
20 marks, 600-700 words
3) In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the Blitz from the people of Britain?
- What was the role of the Minister of Information?
- What was censorship and in what ways did the government use it? – mention film/newsreels, posters, radio, press etc – see ‘Government Propaganda’ section of your handout.
- Why was the government trying to hide the effects of the Blitz from the British people?
20 marks, 600-700 words
3) In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the Blitz from the people of Britain?
- What was the role of the Minister of Information?
- What was censorship and in what ways did the government use it? – mention film/newsreels, posters, radio, press etc – see ‘Government Propaganda’ section of your handout.
- Why was the government trying to hide the effects of the Blitz from the British people?
To be quite honest, the notes my teacher gave me are awful! It's not sources based either, but I found this one online, and I found it really helpfull, so I hope it helps.
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