Morale of teh British in 1940

... Q4: Use Sources E, F and G and your own knowledge, to explain why the government was concerned about the morale (spirit and attitude) of the British people in the autumn of 1940? The government were extremely concerned about the morale of the British people in the autumn of 1940-and rightly so. With an average of 250 tonnes of bombs being dropped a night in September it would have been extremely hard to stay positive. As Source E states, 'group after group [went] to Euston' and left the East-End. This would have caused many potential problems for Britain because if people ran away from one major city to another, panic would spread around Britain rapidly. This would obviously have a rather negative effect, nationwide, on morale. Both the British government and citizens were aware of the German's aims in the Blitz; to terrorise, provoke fear, cause panic, halt production and cause as

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