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In what ways did the British Government attempt to hide the effects of the blitz from the people of Britain?
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In what ways did the British Government attempt to hide the effects of the blitz from the people of Britain? The British Government used many different tactics to hide the whole effects of the blitz from the people of Britain. These were not meant to keep the whole country ignorant but just soften the blow of the attacks and their harsh realities. For example exact numbers of people killed were not published but usually a smaller number that would not seem as bad instead were published. The Ministry of Information were in chargwe of this Job during the war and they were assigned to making sure that nothing was published that damaged the public morale. This all was due to the fact that Hitler's main aim was to break Biritish morale and in doing so making the ocuntry weak, the government had to stop this happening and they believed censorship was...
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