The Blitz: The British Under Attack

The Blitz: The British Under Attack
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Juliet Gardiner. The Blitz: The British Under Attack

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Before

1 Black Saturday, 7 September 1940

2 ‘The Most Grim Test in its History …’

3 Sheltering

4 Underground

5 Front Line

6 The Test of War

7 Guernicaed

8 Britain Can (Probably) Take It

9 The Fear of Fear

10 The 1940 Provincial Tour

11 Peace on Earth?

12 Long Shall Men Mourn the Burning of the City

13 Standing Firm

14 Spring Offensive

15 The Far Reach

16 Attrition

After

Acknowledgements

Notes. Preface

Before

Chapter 1: Black Saturday, 7 September 1940

Chapter 2: ‘The Most Grim Test in its History…

Chapter 3: Sheltering

Chapter 4: Underground

Chapter 5: Front Line

Chapter 6: The Test of War

Chapter 7: Guernicaed

Chapter 8: Britain Can (Probably) Take It

Chapter 9: The Fear of Fear

Chapter 10: The 1940 Provincial Tour

Chapter 11: Peace on Earth?

Chapter 12: Long Shall Men Mourn the Burning of the City

Chapter 13: Standing Firm

Chapter 14: Spring Offensive

Chapter 15: The Far Reach

Chapter 16: Attrition

After

Bibliography. Published Sources

Unpublished Sources

Bodleian Library, Oxford

Camden Local History Archive

Churchill College, Cambridge

Glasgow City Archive, The Mitchell Library

Imperial War Museum Department of Documents

Lambeth Palace Library

London Metropolitan Archive

Mass-Observation Archive

The National Archive

People’s History Museum, Manchester

Scottish Record Office

Index

About the Author

By the same author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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JULIET GARDINER

The Blitz The British Under Attack

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… We were going down one turning when [an ARP] warden stopped us from going on and insisted that we stayed in his house. We were really very grateful and from 11pm to 5am we sat on the stairs in the dark gazing out through the open door to the street which was incessantly lit up with explosions. And how those bombs fell! Canning Town library was hit, Forest Gate got it too, and all around us seemed to be shaking. Dante had nothing on Hitler, believe me.

… At last, at 5 o/c, the All Clear went and we finally reached home to find some windows out and the ceiling down in Mummy’s room …

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