Time+line

This is the timeline of the london Blitz (This is only during the main raid period):


 * ** 3rd September 1939 ** - The start of the Blitz is declared.
 * And the fist air raid siren screams for the first time- it is a false alarm.
 * ** September 1939 ** - Most of the Women and children are evacuated to the countary.
 * Around 1.5 million bomb shelters are given out to the less unfortunate familys or some that couldn't get out of London on time.
 * ** 25th August 1940 ** - The first German bomb is dropped on London, probably an accident. It is thought that a bomber pilot was meant to drop the bomb on on some of the aircraft factories in South London but accidently dropped them in centeral London.
 * ** 7th September 1940 ** - The first real air raid of the London Blitz takes place, everyone panics as the sirens go off for real this time. During this raid over 300 bombers escorted by more than 600 fighter planes towards the enemys. They started bombing the East End of London before they dropped several bombs on centeral London and some of Loindons main city centres.
 * This perticular air raidcaused over 1000 fires that burned on for quite a while.
 * It killed just over 430 people and left a whopping 1600 badly injured.
 * The bombings destroyed 3 major power staions.
 * ** 17th September 1940 ** - A stray German bomb hit Marble Arch Underground subway station, killing exactly 17 people.
 * ** 18th September 1940 ** - The Lambeth Walk was destroyed and so was the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street.
 * ** 15th October 1940 ** - 430 people were killed in the those 2 bombings, 5 major railway stations were damaged horrifially, the City of London's watermain was also damaged as was the major Fleet sewer.
 * In Octobe over 250,000 homeless people are killed.
 * ** 14th November 1940 ** - On this day the London bombings stopped. German bombers raided Coventry instead.
 * ** 15th November 1940 ** - The raids return to London hitting almost everywhere that is sivilised. It uses a new bomb nicknamed Satan - it was loaded it had 1,800 megatons of high explosive and it was delayed at the last mitite.
 * The main Post Office sorting at Mount Pleasant was hit as was the National Portrait Gallery, Westminster Abbey and Euston Station.
 * ** November 1940 ** - about 3000 unexploded bombs were waiting to be defused around London by the end of the month.
 * ** 29th December 1940 ** - incendiaries dropped on the City of London caused over 1400 fires including six that were classed as conflagrations, one of which covered half a square mile
 * The Guildhall was damaged, only its walls stood, eight churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren were destroyed as was Paternoster Row, a major telephone exchange, the Central Telegraph Office and guild company halls.
 * Also damaged that night were five mainline stations, nine hospitals, sixteen Underground stations and St Paul's was hit by incendiaries.
 * ** 11th January 1941 ** - 117 people were killed in Bank Underground station when it took a direct hit.
 * ** 19th March 1941 ** - a 500 bomber raid on the docks and East End of London killed 750 people and injured over a 1000 people seriously.
 * ** 16th April 1941 ** - a 685 bomber raid caused more than 2000 fires and killed well over 1000 people. This raid also damaged or destroyed irreplaceable historic churches and other buildings.
 * ** 19th April 1941 ** - This was the biggest bombing raid of the London Blitz so far with more high explosive and incendiaries dropped than any other night previously.
 * ** 10th May 1941 ** - a 550 bomber raid dropped more than 700 tons of bombs and thousands of incendiaries. This was probably the worst raid of the Blitz.
 * Nearly 1500 people were killed and around 1800 seriously injured.
 * The Chamber of the House of Commons (Parliament) was destroyed.
 * The House of Lords, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, St James's Palace and Lambeth Palace were amongst the many buildings damaged. Almost all the major mainline railway stations were also damaged as were 14 hospitals, the British Museum and the Old Bailey.