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If You Were Living in Clydebank During the Second World War and You Heard an Air Raid Siren, What Would You Do? 1 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations If you were living in Clydebank during the Second World War and you heard an air raid siren, what would you do? visit twinkl.com 2 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations Why was Clydebank such a vital contributor to the British war effort? visit twinkl.com 3 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations Why did Hitler plan an air raid strike on Clydebank? visit twinkl.com 4 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations What would have been the effect on the British war effort if Clydebank had been destroyed? visit twinkl.com 5 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations If you were a Clydebank worker during the Second World War, would you return to Clydebank after the Blitz to rebuild the town? Why? visit twinkl.com 6 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations How could you keep safe during the Clydebank Blitz? visit twinkl.com 7 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations Why did most people leave Clydebank during the Blitz? Where do you think they went? visit twinkl.com 8 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations When did the Clydebank Blitz take place? visit twinkl.com 9 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations Where is Clydebank? visit twinkl.com 10 Clydebank Blitz Blether Stations How did the people of Clydebank react after the Blitz? visit twinkl.com Clydebank Blitz Blether Station Answers 1. If you were living in Clydebank during the Second World War and 3. Why did Hitler plan an air raid strike on Clydebank? you heard an air raid siren, what would you do? Possible answers might include: Answers will vary. Possible answers might include: • Hitler planned an air raid strike on Clydebank in the hope that • find shelter; he could stop production of arms, munitions and battleships. • go to an underground railway; • He wanted the British army to be at a disadvantage so Germany would win the war. • evacuate Clydebank; 4. What would have been the effect on the British war effort if • turn all lights off; Clydebank had been destroyed? • go to an air raid shelter; churches, stairwells Possible answers might include: of tenement buildings, etc. • Britain would not have sufficient arms, munitions 2. Why was Clydebank such a vital contributor to the British war and battleships to win the war. effort? 5. If you were a Clydebank worker during the Second World War, Possible answers might include: would you return to Clydebank after the Blitz to rebuild the town? • Clydebank produced a vast number of munitions, arms Why? and battleships that were vital in the British war effort. Answers will vary. Children must explain their choice. • British armies, navies and air force relied on munitions, arms and 6. How could you keep safe during the Clydebank Blitz? battleships that were produced at Clydebank. Possible answers might include: • turn all lights off; • cover windows and doors as part of a blackout; • have a Morrison or Anderson shelter; • locate a local communal shelter; • evacuate, etc. 7. Why did most people leave Clydebank during the Blitz? Where do 10. How did the people of Clydebank react after the Blitz? you think they went? Possible answers might include: Possible answers might include: • Some of the people of Clydebank came back to rebuild • Most people left to avoid the bombing and to avoid being hurt. factories and homes so that production of arms, munitions and battleships could return to normal. • Most people would evacuate to any areas of countryside that were nearby. • Some people never returned to Clydebank as it was full of terrible memories of the Blitz. 8. When did the Clydebank Blitz take place? • 13th and 14th March 1941. 9. Where is Clydebank? Clydebank .
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