WWII footage of London blitz, in color

[dfuze]

Took a quick look but didn't see this posted.

Yahoo has a posting for some footage of the London blitz that was found in someones attic. The destruction is amazing, hard to believe so few people were killed compared to the amount of bombs dropped.

Yahoo Link

LONDON – Rare color footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.
The dramatic footage shows the destruction of several London landmarks, including the flagship John Lewis store on Oxford Street.
The film was released Monday by Westminster Council to mark the start of the devastating German bombing campaign that began September 7, 1940, and continued until May 1941.
The film was found in the attic by the family of an air raid warden who shot it on the home movie equipment in use in the 1940s.
The footage also shows wartime leader Winston Churchill visiting bomb sites to assess the damage.

 

[Regs]

Sad.

 

[shortylickens]

This would suck less if they just showed the fucking vid instead of wasting my time.
God damn, Yahoo sucks ass.

OK, vid was pretty good.
Wish there was more color stuff from WWII.

 

[MotionMan]

Obviously fake:

MotionMan

 

[rivan]

Obviously fake:

MotionMan

:thumbsup:

 

[Barfo]

I thought the Blitzkrieg involved ground and air forces. So it would just be the London bombing.

 

[Barfo]

Blitzkrieg (German, "lightning war"; listen (help·info)) is an anglicized word[1] describing all-mechanized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery and air power, concentrating overwhelming force and rapid speed to break through enemy lines, and once the latter is broken, proceeding without regard to its flank. Through constant motion, the blitzkrieg attempts to keep its enemy off-balance, making it difficult to respond effectively at any given point before the front has already moved on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg

 

[Exterous]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz

The bombing of England at the end of '40 start of '41 is commonly called 'The Blitz' and the focused attacks on London 'The London Blitz'

 

[Barfo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz

The bombing of England at the end of '40 start of '41 is commonly called 'The Blitz' and the focused attacks on London 'The London Blitz'

Ah, I thought they were just shortening the word blitzkrieg. I stand corrected.

 

[dfuze]

After seeing so much destruction I'm surprised that the Blitz didn't work and demoralize them. Must have been the fear that surrender would be even worse.

 

[Exterous]

After seeing so much destruction I'm surprised that the Blitz didn't work and demoralize them. Must have been the fear that surrender would be even worse.

Actually IIRC it was this bombing that helped turn the tide. Germany had been targeting the RAF bases mercilessly to try and wipe them out. When it didn't appear to be working they switched to the cities* This allowed the RAF - which was actually about to crack - at least some reprieve to rebuild

*There is some debate as to why the switch happened. Some believe it was the accidental German bombing of a British residential area and the subsequent retalitory stike on German residential areas (Berlin?) that caused the switch

And throughout WWII the massive conventional bombing alone was not enough to cause the major contries to crumble (massive firebombings of Japan, England, Germany) but also the need to have a land invasion (Or two nuclear weapons)

 

[clamum]

Actually IIRC it was this bombing that helped turn the tide. Germany had been targeting the RAF bases mercilessly to try and wipe them out. When it didn't appear to be working they switched to the cities* This allowed the RAF - which was actually about to crack - at least some reprieve to rebuild

*There is some debate as to why the switch happened. Some believe it was the accidental German bombing of a British residential area and the subsequent retalitory stike on German residential areas (Berlin?) that caused the switch

And throughout WWII the massive conventional bombing alone was not enough to cause the major contries to crumble (massive firebombings of Japan, England, Germany) but also the need to have a land invasion (Or two nuclear weapons)

I've read about your asterisked point before and that is my knowledge. Originally Hitler did not want to specifically target residential areas and cities but after an accidental bombing by the Germans and subsequent retaliatory strike by Britain, he changed targets.

Brits were damn tough to hold out during the barrage. Props.