Air Raids in Swansea
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Second World War memories of the Swansea blitz in 1941.
Reminiscences from the Second World War and the Swansea blitz of 1941 when the Luftwaffe started air raids on British cities. Memories from Cardiff of the time where locals heard German planes passing overhead and guessed that they were headed for Liverpool.
From:
People's History of Wales On the Home Front: World War Two
First broadcast
:
14 March 1996
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9, 9-11, 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : Second World War
Notes : The clip can be used to look at everyday life in the Second World War. How would pupils cope with living through raids like this? Can go on to study blitzes on Swansea, London, Coventry etc. Where does the word " Blitz" come from?
