Blitz: The diary of an air raid
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Websites
The Blitz
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWblitz.htm
A rather cursory account of the Blitz is followed by 26 quotes from people who suffered from it, inflicted it on the English or simply observed it.
Docklands and the Blitz
www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/
ConNarrative.53/chapterId/780/
Docklands-and-the-Blitz.html
Extensive article (part of the Portcities: London website) on the effect of the Blitz on the London docks, with a number of interesting photographs.
The English Blitz, September 7, 1940–May 1941
www.worldwar2database.com/html/blitz.htm
Enthusiast's site with an 'image gallery' containing 24 out-of-the-ordinary photographs.
The London Blitz, 1940
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/blitz.htm
Brief account of the Blitz, plus 'They came just after dark …', an eye-witness account by famous American war correspondent Ernie Pyle of the 29/30 December 1940 attacks.
Revisiting the Blitz spirit
www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAC66.htm
Fascinating article by James Heartfield examining whether or not Londoners during the Blitz really could 'take it'.
Timeline: The London Blitz 1940-1941
http://london.allinfo-about.com/features/timeline.html
Useful rundown of the attacks on London.
Books
Blitz: The story of 29 December 1940 by M J Gaskin (Faber, 2005)
Gaskin tells the true story of London's desperate hours, and shows how, across the Atlantic, the Americans agonised over the cost of aiding Britain's struggle against the Nazis – and the cost of letting it fall.
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The London Blitz: The city ablaze, December 29, 1940 by David Johnson (Stein & Day, 1982). Out of print; may be available from libraries or specialist bookshops.
The Longest Night: Voices from the London Blitz by Gavin Mortimer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005)
Interviews with people from all walks of life about how they survived the bombing of London.
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Walking the London Blitz by Clive Harris (Pen & Sword Books, 2003)
Details of five different walks around the West End and the City of London highlighting memorials and other places of interest related to the Blitz. Fully illustrated with maps and 'then and now' photographs. Eye-witness accounts from civil defence veterans, plus information on the organisation and equipment of London's civil defences and the tactics and equipment of the Luftwaffe.
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