Indeed, London ... the Blitz. While wealthy Londoners left the city before the first bombings, evacuating to the countryside, ...

Firemen who fought the Second Great Fire of London ... bombs, blackouts and rationing created crime on the home front. Michael Portillo and leading historians discuss the causes and effects of the ...

Daily life was now on the front line of battle where many people had to decide whether to leave or take their chances against the bombs ... and night in cities like London and Liverpool.

The blitz — short for air war — caused social devastation, and McQueen revisits that fraught time when fortunate parents sent ...