Key Vocabulary Important Facts the Hull Blitz

Bricknell Primary School - Knowledge Organiser

Topic: As the bomb drops Year: 4 Strand: Geography

WhatWhat should should I already I already know? know? Important Facts Key VocabularyVocabulary The word Blitz is short for the German word ’Blitzkrieg’ which  Be able to locate different locations means lightning war. The Blitz The heavy and frequent bombing attacks on London and other cities was known around the world. From September 1940-until May 1941, Germany began air raids as the 'Blitz'. in which they bombed parts of Britain at night time. They Hull Blitz The bombing campaign that targeted the Eng-  To be able to locate continents, oceans decided to concentrate on bombing London and on 7th September lish port city of Kingston upon Hull by and countries on a world map. 1940, London’s first night of the Blitz took place, killing over the German Luftwaffe during the Second World 2000 people. War .

 Be able to describe places in the UK An object or feature of a city that is easily German air force that took part in the bombings were called landmark recognised. based on their physical and human Luftwaffe's.

Evacuation means leaving a place. features. Although London was the Germans main target to bomb, other evacuation cities were targeted as they wanted to damage industrial areas,  Be able to describe similarities and like factories and ports, so that it would make it harder for the Ordinance Give a clear depiction of the physical land- British to move weapons to fight. differences between physical and human survey map scape, detailing a range of geographical fea- tures, landmarks, rivers, roads etc. features. Yorkshire cities such as Sheffield, Leeds and Hull were targeted The name of the German air force during World with Hull being the most bombed city outside of London. Luftwaffe War Two.

Hull was targeted because of it’s geography. The river Hull was

a clear landmark and easy for the Luftwaffe to identify and follow to bomb the city. Ordinance survey map of Hull

Cities most affected by the Blitz The Hull Blitz