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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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Korhan Uysal History Blitz In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the Blitz from the people of Britain? During the Blitz the British government had to employ many tactics to keep the morale of its citizens up. The main and most wide spread was propaganda. The propaganda was so successful; in fact, it even brought about new sayings such as "The spirit of the Blitz". The second frequently used tactic was censorship. The newspapers, the radio stations, the news reels, and everything else which reported about the war effort was censored; so that either only victories were reported in the news, or that terrible losses were reported in such a way that they no longer seemed so bad. The worst hit areas were East London and Coventry. There around 13,000 dead in London alone and around 10,000 in the rest of Britain. 5,000 of which died in one night...
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