The Blitz started 70 years ago today. 43000 British civilians were killed in the months the raids lasted - a further 50,000 were seriously injured. 1.4 million were made homeless from the destruction. The RAF battled the skies outnumbered a paltry 8 to 1 and shot down 3 times their numbers. We stuck it out until Hitler changed his focus to the Eastern Front. We re-grouped, the Japanese and Americans joined to make the war truly global and we won the war in 1945.