Blitz spirit
Stoic under bombardment
Blitz spirit is the attitude of cheerful resilience and solidarity associated with British civilians during the German bombing campaigns of World War II.
The term evokes people carrying on with daily life despite nightly air raids, helping neighbors, and maintaining good humor under extraordinary stress.
It's invoked nostalgically or rhetorically when calling for collective fortitude: We'll need some blitz spirit to get through this crisis.
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- courageFortitude facing danger
- finest hourPeak of achievement
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
camaraderie · stoic · bombing · air raid warden · shelter · rationing · make do and mend · Churchill · keep calm · carry on · London · East End · endurance · solidarity · perseverance · unity · backs to the wall · blackout
Blitz spiritpanic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
despair · defeatism · mass hysteria · capitulation · hopelessness
Blitz spiritevery man for himself
Chaotic self-interest declaration
looting · civil disorder · selfishness · hoarding · profiteering
Blitz spiritself-pity
Exaggerated focus on own suffering
victimhood · whinging · complaining · learned helplessness · wallowing
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