Blitz : when World War Two came home / John Nichol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichol, John, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.

Bombing, Aerial--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Bombing, Aerial.

London (England)--History--Bombardment, 1940-1945.

London (England).

Genre:

Endpapers

Physical Description:

xii, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm

illustration

map

polychrome

monochrome

Place of Publication:

London : Simon & Schuster, 2026.

Summary:

The Second World War was not only fought in the skies above Europe or on distant beaches - it crashed into lives across the UK night after night as the bombs and missiles fell. May 2026 marks the 85th anniversary of the end of the Night Blitz. But the aerial assault on Britain did not stop in May 1941. For decades, 'The Blitz' - from the German 'Blitzkrie' or lightning war - has been framed as a few desperate months beginning in September 1940 that mainly affected London. In reality, bombing continued, in one form or another, until the spring of 1945. This work tells this broader, longer and more devastating story of one of the defining events of the twentieth century, in which more than 60,000 civilians were killed and millions made homeless. From Eastbourne to Glasgow, from Cardiff to Newcastle, John Nichol uncovers forgotten tragedies and the extraordinary resilience of communities across the country.

Notes:

Illustrations on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781398540354

1398540358

OCLC:

1592723685