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Love David.’ Hundreds of people slept on the London Underground to shelter from bombs during the Blitz (Picture: REX/Shutterstock) Rescue parties at work on the London subway at Bank ...
The history of military intelligence will be explored as part of a planned tourist attraction in London's World War Two air ...
The Blitz damaged at least 1.7 million properties in London during its eight-month attack and completely destroyed around 70,000 structures. Historian Richard Titmuss estimated that some 29% of ...
Ed Murrow reporting on war torn London during the blitz. By September 1940, the large-scale German air raids which had been expected twelve months earlier finally arrived. London, and cities and ...
While the so-called ‘Blitz Spirit' has latterly been painted as a myth, aerial attacks by the Luftwaffe on the UK's towns and cities DID bring Britons together in unforeseen ...
The relentless focus on trade has skewed any determination to confront the terrifying echoes of the 1930s. Europeans should ...
They experienced everything from being buried alive to losing friends and family. Today they proudly proclaim, ‘We survived that, we can survive anything!' No wonder those doughty Britons who grew up ...
The film also portrays clubbing during the Blitz, at the storied Café de Paris in London’s West End, and a performance by the musician and dancer Ken “Snakehips” Johnson (played by Devon ...
A former London teacher who helped evacuate children during the Blitz is at the heart of VE Day commemorations at Goodson Lodge care home in Trowbridge ...