The London Blitz

Today’s post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty.

Seventy years ago this week, the German blitz on London began, devastating the British capital. The Blitz brought World War II to England’s home front.

For 57 consecutive days and nights the Blitz raged on. All told the indiscriminate bombings of London and greater England would claim the lives of 43,000 civilians, half of whom were Londoners. Over a million buildings were destroyed or damaged.

For more photos, visit our Facebook photo album, “The London Blitz.”

Where this page came from

This page was imported from National Archives, Pieces of History. Published on the National Archives' Pieces of History blog and, as a work of the United States government, in the public domain; pictures credited elsewhere are left out.

Nobody has written it yet — it is the source material at a new address, which is why search engines are asked to skip it and why no one earns from it. It is up for grabs: take it on, and it is yours to rewrite and to earn from.