History A-Level
Government response to air raids
What Government response to air raids means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government response to air raids
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Raids prompted reorganisation of air defence, such as the creation of the London Air Defence Area after the Gotha raid on 13 June 1917.
Topics that use Government response to air raids
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 5 The war in the air, 1914–18 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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