Backs to the wall: London under fire, 1939-45 / Leonard Mosley.
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ΚείμενοΛεπτομέρειες δημοσίευσης: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971.Περιγραφή: xiv, 397 σ. : εικ. ; 23 εκISBN: - 0297002716
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Foreword -- Αcknowledgements -- Prologue :The last days of peace -- Part 1. The rude awakening : The phony war -- The buds of May -- Alone -- The rehearsal -- The fatal error -- Part 2. Τhe battle of London :THe blitz Begins -- The big raids -- The noisy winter -- A queer life -- St Paul' s in Peril -- Part 3. Α pain in the heart : A bleak year -- The invaders -- scalded cats -- Women' s Woes -- Part 4. Light at last : The run-up -- Part 5. The worst time-And the best : Memoranda -- The last straw -- The End -- Permission to grumble -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Index.
London Can Take It", said the slogans on the gutted tenements of the East End. And take it she did, for five cruel years of onslaught which all but shattered her magnificent spirit. This is the story of how London lived during World War II, and of the agonies, privations, pungent humor and bravery of her citizens -- ordinary people leading extraordinary lives in the most dangerous city on earth.
