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Unpublished Sources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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