Author: Fitzgibbon, Constantine,
Title: LONDON'S BURNING.
Description: Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone ills., diagrams and line drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Battle Book No. 18, an account of the German bombing of London from 7th September 1940 until 11th May 1941, the long expected 'blitz' and of the steps taken in advance, the evacuation of the children and the recruitment for civil defence, the air raid shelters and the fire-fighting and rescue, the anti-aircraft guns and the night fighters, and the way normal life continued in the rubble, stickers to wrappers, spine sunned, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges a little tanned, good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 london blitz home front purnells air raid fire fighting civil defence vf45


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