dmirable\rLondon was!\rV LISTENING, DISCUSSING AND ROLE-PLAYING Imegraied Task /\rTa escript\rThe hardships of London really started in the first week of September, when Hitler was at last convinced\rthat the English did not intend to give in. On September 7, 1940, nearly four hundred German bombers\rhammered the city with bombs in broad daylight. Marshal Goering boasted, 'This is the historic hour when our\rair force for the first time delivered its bombs right into the enemy's heart.”\rFires flamed, houses fell, gas pipes burst, and dark smoke rose from the streets. Men, women, and\rchildren felt the effect of the bombs. Radar sirens wailed, ambulances rushed from one place of agony to\ranother, and fire fighters faced the flames hour after hour.