Blitz Diary: Life Under Fire in World War II - Couverture rigide

Harris, Carol

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0752451723 ISBN 13 : 9780752451725

Editeur : The History Press Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Firsthand accounts of the experiences of ordinary people during the Second World War Historian Carol Harris has collected a remarkable series of accounts from the war's darkest days, with heartwarming stories of survival, perseverance, solidarity, and bravery, the preservation of which becomes increasingly important as the Blitz fades from living memory. As World War II loomed, everyone expected it would bring a new kind of conflict to Britain. Raids by airships in World War I and the attack on Guernica in the Spanish Civil War had given a terrifying taste of what was to come, so when war was declared in September 1939, massive air raids against civilians were anticipated. London was a major target throughout the war, but it was not only the capital that suffered: on November 8, 1940, 30,000 incendiary bombs rained down on Coventry, laying waste to the city, including, famously, its cathedral. Port cities such as Plymouth, Bristol, and Liverpool also suffered especially badly. Highlighting the effects of the Blitz outside of London, this anthology of excerpts from letters, memoirs, and diaries tells the story of the bombing as a chronological narrative, until the very end of the war.

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À propos de l'auteur

Carol Harris is a writer and journalist who has written extensively on the Second World War and the 1930s and 1940s. She is the author of Women at War: 1939-1945.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752451723
• ISBN 13: 9780752451725
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
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