![]() The bright Piccadilly Square lights were turned off. The government distributed Public Information Leaflets which called for a general blackout of all lights. ![]() They wanted all man-made light to be turned off. To protect the civilians of London, and all of England for that matter, the British government issued an edict to have all the lights turn out in London and eventually the whole land. The British Air Ministry had predicted that the United Kingdom would be bombed at night by German air forces, so they were preparing to hide in the dark-literally. As things seemed to go from bad to worse, the small but powerful country of England knew they were putting their population at risk as they prepared to fight the angry giant of Germany under Hitler’s control. ![]() Before World War Two began, London was preparing the people to stand against Germany. If you hate being in the dark, then being in London in 1939 would not have been fun for you. ![]()
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