
Blitz Diary
Life Under Fire in the Second World War
Carol Harris(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Published on 25. July 2010
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-7524-5172-5 (ISBN)
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Description
The historian Carol Harris has collected together a remarkable series of accounts from the war's darkest days, with heart-warming stories of survival, perseverance, solidarity and bravery, the preservation of which becomes increasingly important as the Blitz fades from living memory. War with Germany seemed increasingly likely throughout the 1930s. The British Government and the general population believed that bombs and poison gas would be dropped on civilians in major towns and cities with the aim of terrifying them into surrendering. Today the Blitz, far from breaking civilian morale, is seen as achieving the opposite; it helped galvanise public opinion to carry on fighting the war. But in 1937, preparations to protect the population were hopelessly inadequate, and the British government was far from confident that people would respond in this way.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-5172-5 (9780752451725)
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Mike Brown and Carol Harris are experts on the Second World War Home Front and co-authors of 'The Wartime House.' C.J. Jackson is a freelance food consultant, writer, and cook. She has written for BBC Good Food magazine and is the author of 'The Times Food for Feasts and Festivals.'