Why did Hitler bomb Britain in WWII?
There are a number of reasons which change through the war: Preparatory to an invasion. Damage the war effort/war production Force Britain into a peace deal Affect morale so that population would force government to negotiate Revenge (V1 and V2 campaign) for damage to Germany Baedeker Raids – reprisal for damage to historic German cities It should be noted that the decison to start bombing – supposedly triggered by a British raid on Berlin, took planes away from the air fields and effectively handed the British victory in the Battle of Britain (the first aerial battle in history). When the Blitz started Germany was in a pact with Russia the so-called Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact which basically carved up Poland between the two countries. The attack on Poland, of course was what prompted Britan and France to declare war on Germany. (The Nazi Soviet pact fell apart in mid 1941 after Operation Barbarossa – the ill-fated attack on the USSR). He would have expected to to have done a deal
