that morale was crumbling how would the british people react the public mood could be decisive in this war. but the british public proved surprisingly resilient. where madness and chaos were expected there was solidarity. where demobilization was feared there was an incredible combative spirit. people adjusted to the bombing. as many as two hundred thousand people spend their nights in the underground despite appalling hygienic conditions. others commuted daily in order to spend their nights outside the cities. the.