... a result of cutting off the major shipping ports Hitler could starve the British population into submission by cutting off the convoys supplying the country and Southampton was also bombed very heavily for the same reason. Other cities like Coventry were bombed for different reasons. Coventry had many war factories which accounted for a lot of war work. To prevent Britain from being a major power in the war, Coventry was bombed to the ground on 14th November 1940 with great loss of life and a huge loss in resources. London was obviously the heaviest bombed and the series of bombing raids night after night became renowned as the Blitz. The raids that fell on the capital were designed with the intent of getting rid of important leaders and killing and injuring citizens as well as destroying housing making people destitute. These series or air raids were supposed to lower the ...

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