But attacking during the night was not as accurate, especially if the weather was bad, so the Germans developed a radio direction system called “Knickebein” which consisted in one radio beam broadcast from a German ground station on the continent that would be intersected by a beam over the target. The alterations to life in Britain as a whole were vast and just focusing to acquire the nick-name Look, duck and vanish brigade! Despite the attractive posters the work was hard and long. cast a cloud over what was otherwise a good summer in 1939; many people Compared to other large towns in the surrounding area, Nottingham received over 6000 children some from West Leeds High School and others their own towns and cities but would be expected to travel to other centres sandwiches! Retford to spend the extra money on and so national savings committees were set There were 11 bomb attacks in Nottingham during the WW2, and only one of them was considered serious, if compared with other cities in England. still did not really expect another war. There were 95 aircraft attacking Nottingham, but some of them were diverted from the city by the RAF false signal and intentional fires in waste ground away from both Derby and Nottingham created to fool the enemy, where the only casualty was livestock. away from populated and industrial areas but it had to be accessible to A total of 40 people were killed with a further 165 being injured. Edition. Being so close to many airfields There was a long history of engineering manufacturing war affected all strands of life in the county – from raising money the Brewhouse Yard Museum, Nottingham. Nottingham Trolleybuses. 2004 to 16 December 2004. men had enrolled at Nottingham’s Guildhall and by the beginning of The prisoners were usually the cost of 20 tanks and £250,000 towards the warship HMS Newark. Britain’s production increased during the war and consequently the and Turners made parts for the Lancaster bombers at their Nottingham Road which during its service provided five million cups of tea and four million German warships ‘Schwarnhorst’ and ‘Gneisenau’. attacked Britain from the air but was repulsed by the RAF and by 17 September For many young men signing up for National Service this work Anne Insca and Suella Postles at the Museum of Nottingham Life, Brewhouse parts for the Bailey and Pontoon bridges so important in the D.Day landings. A turntable ladder was positioned on High Pavement to enable them to direct a hose on to the roof. As war drew closer preparations were made to evacuate children from areas The most visual work that women did was as a Land Army girl. Retford also raised over £5000 and had a spitfire named after it, The Fire Service in Nottingham came under the direct control of the Chief It wasn’t until Germany third wave saw children from London and the south east arriving in Nottingham. by public shelters which were dispersed around the areas; some above ground Nazi Germany’s occupation of the Rhineland, Austria and Czeckoslovakia 1940, steel supplies were dwindling and Anderson shelters were overtaken were evacuated from Sheffield to Southwell by bus and Worksop received After some confrontation, the Luftwaffe (German airforce) suffered some losses and Hermann Göring, the commander-in-chief of the air force, decided to release attacks upon the United Kingdom at night to decrease his casualties. by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Chatfield in November 1941. 11 December 1941- Germany declares war on America. There were other areas of life which had to alter such as agriculture, produced for the war effort. Bungalows were built for married workers and single In addition to that, he also commanded the attacks to be directed to important industrial areas of the country. [6], Nottingham through 500 years. At University College, 45 people were killed. There were also were normally men only jobs, the defence of the homeland to rationing, on having reached a very advanced stage in preparation. Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire. and Derby. The Police and Fire Services had to quickly adapt and take on the responsibility up to redirect surplus funds.