Alina

In England, where attacks from Germany were kind of, everybody was just waiting for it. It was imminent, essentially. The war secretary just quickly mobilized the British armed forces and began evacuating 1.5 million citizens. Wow. Those citizens were mostly like women, children, the elderly, the most vulnerable, like I said.

In England, where attacks from Germany were kind of, everybody was just waiting for it. It was imminent, essentially. The war secretary just quickly mobilized the British armed forces and began evacuating 1.5 million citizens. Wow. Those citizens were mostly like women, children, the elderly, the most vulnerable, like I said.

Taking them out of the cities, bringing them to the countryside, that's where they were going to be safer. But these would end up being super traumatic for a lot of people because they ended up being relocated to the homes of strangers often. And they also wouldn't know what happened to the people that they left behind. The homes.

Taking them out of the cities, bringing them to the countryside, that's where they were going to be safer. But these would end up being super traumatic for a lot of people because they ended up being relocated to the homes of strangers often. And they also wouldn't know what happened to the people that they left behind. The homes.

Like fathers, you know, brothers, all like husbands, all kinds of people. Yeah. And that was for like many years they dealt with this. Under those circumstances, when the bombs began falling a few months later, many of these people chose to just return home instead of being separated from their families and just dealt with the chaos that was about to ensue.

Like fathers, you know, brothers, all like husbands, all kinds of people. Yeah. And that was for like many years they dealt with this. Under those circumstances, when the bombs began falling a few months later, many of these people chose to just return home instead of being separated from their families and just dealt with the chaos that was about to ensue.

During this time, all lights, electric or natural, were to be extinguished.

During this time, all lights, electric or natural, were to be extinguished.

Straight up blackness. So scary. I don't think any of us can truly appreciate how dark that was happening here. Because we are, no matter what, there's lights around us at all times. Always. It's like when we covered Jack the Ripper, we talked about how I don't think people take into account how wild it is that he did what he did with such precision. In that darkness. In how dark it was.

Straight up blackness. So scary. I don't think any of us can truly appreciate how dark that was happening here. Because we are, no matter what, there's lights around us at all times. Always. It's like when we covered Jack the Ripper, we talked about how I don't think people take into account how wild it is that he did what he did with such precision. In that darkness. In how dark it was.

There wasn't street lamps. He was doing this by the light of a small flame up in a corner. Right. Like, that's insane. And then here, there's no light whatsoever. It is a black that you can't even conceive of.

There wasn't street lamps. He was doing this by the light of a small flame up in a corner. Right. Like, that's insane. And then here, there's no light whatsoever. It is a black that you can't even conceive of.

Because it takes away all your senses. It totally like, it puts you in a place of like... Just complete vulnerability. Yeah.

Because it takes away all your senses. It totally like, it puts you in a place of like... Just complete vulnerability. Yeah.

I don't think, I feel like it would make me crazy. Yeah, I feel you. Not having any kind of like perception of what was around you. That's what would scare me the most. That would fuck you up.

I don't think, I feel like it would make me crazy. Yeah, I feel you. Not having any kind of like perception of what was around you. That's what would scare me the most. That would fuck you up.

And it's not like this was something you could just like not do because if you violated this blackout, you were going to be subject to fines of various amounts. And it was as simple as like lighting a match would get you a fine. And these people couldn't afford this stuff and they couldn't afford to be thrown in jail. And also you don't want to be the person who fucks it up.

And it's not like this was something you could just like not do because if you violated this blackout, you were going to be subject to fines of various amounts. And it was as simple as like lighting a match would get you a fine. And these people couldn't afford this stuff and they couldn't afford to be thrown in jail. And also you don't want to be the person who fucks it up.

Yeah. And obviously, like you said, like you don't want to be the one to fuck this up because what they were doing was trying to stay hidden from German bombers identifying them as targets during air raids. But while it was like strategically made sense for the time because like what else are they going to do? It had obviously added risks with it. It's like, yeah, you are safe from air raids.

Yeah. And obviously, like you said, like you don't want to be the one to fuck this up because what they were doing was trying to stay hidden from German bombers identifying them as targets during air raids. But while it was like strategically made sense for the time because like what else are they going to do? It had obviously added risks with it. It's like, yeah, you are safe from air raids.