This led to the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, followed by the targeted bombing of towns and cities during the Blitz. Germany had overwhelmed France and seized control of the capital ...

No man risked more to alert Americans, and the world, to the human drama of Britain’s existential struggle during the horrific months, in 1940, of the London Blitz. “You burned the city of ...

The council said Hull was one of the worst-affected cities in the country during the Blitz and had to face air raids for longer than any other place in Britain. By the end of the bombardment ...