Walking The London Blitz

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£12.95

Walking the London Blitz is a fascinating and highly informative guidebook to the capital which will be invaluable to those who wish to remember or to understand what Londoners went through during the Second World War.

In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Hitler’s Nazi tyranny protected from invasion only by the English Channel and the Royal Air Force. The stage was set for the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. Night after night the Luftwaffe paid their deadly visits in a frantic bid to pound the population into submission. While many cities and town suffered appallingly, London inevitably bore the brunt. Despite heavy loss of life and devastating damage to property, morale was never broken. Later the Capital was the main target for the V1 and V2 rocket attacks and again refused to bow.

Today, sixty years on, London may be a very different scene but it is still possible to remember and re-live those dreadful times, with the aid of this interesting book. By means of 5 easily manageable walks and 3 in-depth appendixes, the reader is transported back to those dark days of devastating destruction. Using clear and easy-to-use maps, rich anecdotes and first-hand accounts, the scale of the Luftwaffe raids becomes apparent and the horror of Hitler's V-weapon attacks unfurls.

Chose one of the walks and follow the text, comparing the evocative black and white photographs of the bombed out buildings with the scene today… It is a very educational, original and fascinating way to visit London.