GARY HOLMES
The civil service was formed to try to stop enemy planes from bombing London and vital factories which was constructing artillery. This did not always work as areas were bombed but the success was substantial, and contributed to the victory of the allies.
The articles danger over Dagenham', on the home front' and the Barking, East Ham and Ilford advertiser' show how the civil service contributed to the survival of the factories and a first person account of the Blitz. Article "danger over Dagenham" is a document which tells us of how the civil service led to the death of civilians. The article shows us when the first explosive bomb fell in Dagenham on July 26th 1940 in Raydons road and how there were only slight casualties although 54 houses were destroyed. This shows that plans put into place to protect civilians were successful. It also shows us that the following day ten bombs fell mainly in Rush-Green were there were only three slight......
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