The Blitz

The Blitz

NOTE: This is a reissue of The Blitz bookazine.

For months ‘The Few’ had defended Britain against the might of the Luftwaffe. Then, on September 7, 1940, everything changed. Instead of the duel for airfields, the target of the bombers was London. The Blitz had begun.

For two months, London was systematically attacked in one of the most sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. These attacks spread to other cities including Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff, Hull, Birmingham, and Belfast, among many. The bombing of Coventry was so severe that Nazi propaganda coined a new word – Coventrieren – meaning to flatten a city.

With chapters examining life in the shelters, Britain’s defences, bomb disposal, and examining the darker side of the Blitz – looting, this essential book, containing more than 190 images, looks back to discover what life was really like in late 1940.

Available: NOW

ISBN: 978 1 80282 209 0

Price: £15.99

Format: Hardback, 128 pages

Author: John Grehan