Python Notes for mca i year students osmania university.docx
WW2 Blitz Street by Cristina
1. WORLD WAR TWO:BLITZ STREET BY CRISTINA CAMPOS 1º ESO A, IES “V. Cañada Blanch” London, 2009-2010
2. Blitz street BLITZ COMES FROM THE GERMAN WORD BLITZKRIEG MEANING LIGHTING WAR BECAUSE THE GERMANS BOMBED LONDON FOR 57 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS. MORE THAN 3,500,000 HOMES WERE DESTROYED. 30,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 15,000 OF THEM IN LONDON ALONE
3. V-1 The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as the V-1 'Buzz Bomb‘ also colloquially known in Britain as the 'Doodlebug' in reference to the flame of the engine, was an early pulse jet-powered example of what would later be called a cruise missile.
4. V-2 The V-2 rocket technical name A4, was a long range ballistic missile that was developed by the end of the Second World War in Nazi Germany. The rocket was the world's first long-range combat-ballistic missile and first human artefact to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight. It was the progenitor of all modern rockets.
5. OTHER BOMBS Junkers Ju 88s, Ju 188s, Dornier Do 217s, Messerschmitt Me 410s, Heinkel He 177, 1 Kg Practice Bomb, 25a Fuse box, SD2 B Butterfly bomb, SC 70 Bomb, 1kg Explosive end Incendiary Bomb and SD 70 Bomb
10. Rations During the Second World War, (1939-45), there were a lot of shortages of essential foodstuffs, not just luxuries. Supplies started to become short and some items impossible to obtain, especially imported goods such as tea, bananas, oranges and grapes. It was to be six or seven years before any of those fruits were seen again. Then butter, lard, sweets, cakes, flour and sugar became hard to get too, followed by meat and fish.
11. RATION BOOKS Ration books were issued to each person containing tokens which could be saved up or used at the owner's discretion. The shopkeeper would remove the tokens before he issued the goods. There were different kinds of ration books. The most common was the buff-coloured one. These were issued to adults and school-age children. Green books were issued to expectant mothers as they had extra tokens. The possession of this book would 'give away' the woman's secret. People were much more private about their personal circumstances in those days, and a pregnancy outside of wedlock was considered scandalous. The tokens had no monetary value, they were merely a means of ensuring that everybody got a fair share of what was available, and to try to prevent stockpiling.
12. The tokens were for food, and later, also for clothing. It was on 8 January, 1940 (four months after the war started), that food rationing came into force. To start with, the rations were (per person per week): Butter or lard: 4 ounces Sugar: 12 ounces Raw bacon or Ham: 4 ounces Eggs x2 Cooked bacon or Ham: 3.5 ounces Meat rationing started 11 March, 1940.
