Blitz Diary Life Under Fire in the Second World War

The historian Carol Harris has collected together a remarkable series of accounts from the war's darkest days, with heart-warming stories of survival, perseverance, solidarity and bravery, the preservation of which becomes increasingly important as the Blitz fades from living memory. War with Germany seemed increasingly likely throughout the 1930s. The British Government and the general population believed that bombs and poison gas would be dropped on civilians in major towns and cities with the aim of terrifying them into surrendering. Today the Blitz, far from breaking civilian morale, is seen as achieving the opposite; it helped galvanise public opinion to carry on fighting the war. But in 1937, preparations to protect the population were hopelessly inadequate, and the British government was far from confident that people would respond in this way.

ISBN:	9780750994873
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	01 Sep 2020
DEWEY:	940.54211
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	264
Weight:	370g
Height:	135mm
Width:	205mm
Spine width:	24mm

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