WWII How busy was your area during WWII. We lived in large airplane?

we had rationing of food and clothing,all of Britain was blacked out,if you showed a light after dark you could be fined,We were bombed in London from August 1940 until April 1941,day and night,although to start with it was terrifying we had to get used to it. No matter how much sleep you lost you were expected to go to work. I was 11 years old.Had it not been for our Air Force,we would have lost the war,maybe. Thousand of civilians were killed during the Blitz.

I lived in a big city and we had the air raids,but I never heard of any ships being torpedoed on the Delaware. We had black shades at the windows and if you were outside when the sirens went off,you could go into anyone's house for safety. We took in a boarder that everyone thought must be a spy,but that turned out just to be an active imagination.

We lived near Plymouth , in England. Its a big Naval port area so there were a lot of ships all the time. One week, we saw a huge amount of ships being fitted out with supplies - trucks were rolling past our house at all hours of the day and night, and the ships were moored along the docks, filling up with stores and equipment. Then one morning - phttt ! they were all gone. Later we found out that they'd all gone over to France for the "D-Day landings". We also saw Winston Churchill coming to see the troops one time - very exciting !

Our town was bombed in the Blitz - my mother had to identify many dead bodies during that time. She never really got over it.

Norfolk VA. Very busy. Norfolk was a dying town, the war revived it. The population increased by millions. The shipyards had all the work they could handle. Housing for navy dependents went up everywhere. I grew up in a neighborhood that had once been navy housing and I'm living in another one now.

My father worked as a steam greater fit foreman on the Wilmington, California shipyard throughout WWII. I undergo in ideas my family going to work out a minimum of two of his ships released, champagne and all. He worked the swing shift and we've been fortunate whilst he replace into abode on the weekend.

Our school was bombed and completely flattened. Lucky it was a Sunday and no-one was there. Next week they evacuated us all to the country and I lived on a farm in Leicestershire for 3 years (and loved it..!)

When I got back, there were five houses missing down our street in Clapton, all demolished by the night raiders. I lost five very good friends that way.

In Detroit, Michigan lots people working in factories making war things 24-7>

The river Clyde here in Scotland was attacked because of the shipyards producing ships for the war effort.

The town was devastated as can be seen in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXmiE5YUUn8

Very quiet!, living in a rural area all I can remember is the Home Guard, and one enemy plane crashing in a local wood!....

No air raids here, unless the enemy feared that our cows have guns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

(it may be a stretch to say McDonalds has beef in their burgers.)