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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Stansky, Peter, 1932- First day of the blitz. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)608430730 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Stansky |
ISBN: | 9780300125566 0300125569 9780300143355 0300143354 |
OCLC Number: | 86109989 |
Description: | xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The beginning "In the perspective of history, the Lesson of London may be that 'Black Saturday', September 7th, 1940 was as significant in its own way--as Bastille Day, July 14th, 1789." -- Preparing for war "Men tend their gardens undisturbed" -- September 7, 1940 "Everything looked liked fairyland" -- The second raid "The peace was shattered" -- Civil defence "You just headed for the glow in the sky" -- Picking up the pieces "It almost broke our hearts" -- The people's war "It's our nerve versus his" -- An ideal but impermanent city "Whoever gets it next, it won't be you" -- The Myth, the Reality "Our power to cope with fear." |
Responsibility: | Peter Stansky. |
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Abstract:
On September 7, 1940, the Blitz began. The strategic bombing of London, by over one thousand planes on that night alone, was recognised at the time as being a direct measure to break the country's resistance, 'softening' Britain's shores for the planned Operation Sealion. This book describes the impact that this terror had on the British people.
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"'Stansky makes well-judged use of eyewitness accounts to highlight the reality behind the myth. Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times 'He offers a vivid account of how Londoners withstood attack. Recent events have shown how that resilient spirit lives into our own day. William Hay, Literary Review 'There is no shortage of books about the Blitz, but Peter Stansky's is up there with the best.' John O'Connell, Time Out" Read more...
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