Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. . Very well written and revelatory (to me) of how destructive the V-1 (what the Londoners called "Doodlebugs") and the V-2 weapons (launched up to April 1945) were. I liked the other chapters -- food, housing crime, etc. Constant bombing, children had to be evacuated by trains to foster homes. Interesting study on the history of London during the war. It is easy to see the history of world war II as a military one but there is a civilian story and Waller pens and intriguing one. The Blitz also allowed secrets to flourish. Some of the book was quite dry, but that was to be expected. She portrayed it honestly and with great detail.

Usage terms © Fox Photos / Stringer / Getty Images. About 30,000 Londoners died because of enemy action in the skies above the capital, and a further 50,000 were injured. Pocket histories, 1-4. To see what your friends thought of this book, A really fascinating social history of London during World War II and the period just afterwards, concentrating on social, economic and political aspects , and with especial emphasis on the individual stories of the real men, women and children who lived in the city at this time. She reveals the magnificence of human spirit that carried a besieged people through agonizing travails and the long, giddy trans. The central character, Arthur Rowe, even reflects upon how the sustained bombing, with its nightly destruction of famous landmarks, has rendered the distinction between ‘thriller’ and ‘real life’ obsolete: I’m hiding underground, and up above the Germans are methodically smashing London to bits all around me. I simply had no idea how bad it was, and this book painted that picture for me. Yes, London can be seen and enjoyed in some riverside bar on the South Bank, but it’s also there. 6). In Henry Green’s novel Caught, the rather reserved auxiliary fireman, Richard Roe, dives into a shelter as a raid begins and is confronted not by death, but by sex: And in the near corner a girl stood between a soldier’s legs. Facts about Life in WW2 3: the First World War. After a brief stint at the National Portrait Gallery, she went on to work as an editor at several prestigious London publishing houses. I learned a lot and enjoyed reading it...but Waller is just not a particularly good writer. I'm still obsessed with WW2 books and have just started this one. World War II (WW2), or the Second World War took place from 1 Sep 1939 – 2 Sep 1945. What was life like in London during World War II? I like how the grand and the grotty sit side by side, that unlike Paris (which feels like a museum) London has a distinctly lived in and worn feel. Detailed and enlightening account of life if the UK during and after the war. More powerfully still, literature set during the Blitz reveals the sexual secrets of individuals. There were many interesting anecdotes but they seemed to be just tossed into the writing without really "belonging" to the story.

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