By the end of the Blitz in May 1941, approximately 43,000 civilians had died, 140,000 people were injured, and at least a million homes and historical buildings had been destroyed. In the end, one third of the London was laid to waste. Immediately after the last bomb fell in Britain, reconstruction plans were put into action and would take years until they would be accomplished. Eventually, bombsites were reclaimed by new buildings, and Britain had successfully been rebuilt from ashes. Although the outcome of the Blitz was predominantly negative, the bombings did bring about new discoveries and the term blitzing. ("The Blitz Hits London")