Spirit of the Blitz
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| 70th anniversary of start of World War Two Blitz commemorated by service and parade ... |
Blitz 70th anniversary: Veterans gather at St Paul's to remember darkest hour
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 | On the 70th anniversary of the day the first German bombs fell on London, 2,500 people packed into St Paul's Cathedral to remember the Blitz spirit. ... |
When the Blitz came to Bristol
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 | SURROUNDED by modern day shoppers and a brightly lit cafe, this scene of a bombed Bristol brings the reality of the Blitz to life. To mark 70 years since the first attacks on British cities, these photographs show the true horror of the attacks on B ... |
Blitz heroes saluted at St Paul's service 70 years after the first bombs fell
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| On the 70th anniversary of the day the first German bombs fell on London, 2,500 people packed into St Paul's Cathedral to remember the Blitz spirit. ... |
Britain remembers 70th anniversary of the Blitz
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 | LONDON (AFP) - The courage of the military personnel and volunteers who suffered the ordeal of the intense Nazi bombing of London was remembered Tuesday on the 70th anniversary of the day the first bombs fell. ... |
Rare film shows London in the Blitz, 70 years ago
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 | Rare colour film has been released to mark the 70th anniversary of the WW2 bombing of London - the Blitz. On 7th September 1940, Hitler sent waves of… ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'We were terrified but just wanted to be together'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Dolly Lloyd recalls how she and her friends survived the bombing of Liverpool Dolly Lloyd (left) , who is now 88, lived in a poor area of Liverpool close to the docks when the blitz ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'Everything got shared, especially if someone's house got hit'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Vera and Stan Caley recall the night in the East End of London when the bombing began I meet Vera and Stan Caley, both 81, in their flat in Bethnal Green, along with their friend Kat ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'We tried to carry on as if we didn't care'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Mary Warschauer remembers working for Churchill and dodging the bombs in London Mary Warschauer was 21 when the second world war broke out, and had been working in the Air Ministry i ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'I heard digging. Then there was a ray of light'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Dorothy James recalls how a bomb fell on her London home "Where shall we start?" I ask 86-year-old Dorothy James when we meet at the day centre she attends in Camden, close to King's ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'The bomb sounded like a train going through a tunnel'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Lew Fox recalls his lucky escape in north London Lew Fox, now 87, was born in the East End of London, the son of a Jewish tailor who was a migrant from Poland. His family had moved t ... |
Blitz 70th anniversary: Colour film of WWII London discovered
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 | Rare colour footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. ... |
Anniversary of the Blitz: 'I thought, I cannot be alive'
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| On the 70th anniversary of the start of the aerial bombing that devastated British cities, Juliet Gardiner recalls eight months of terror and hardship, and the rise of the 'Blitz spirit'. ... |
Remembering the blitz: was it an avoidable tragedy?
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| Hitler unleashed the blitz on Britain on 7 September 1940. But could more have been done to lessen the destruction and bloodshed that followed? Just after 4.30pm on Saturday, 7 September 1940, 364 German bombers and 515 fighters flew across the Chan ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'I took my ambulance out when others wouldn't'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Marguerite Crowther recalls her experience of driving ambulances in London's West End during the bombing Marguerite "Peggy" Crowther is 100, but funny and sharp and still beautiful. ... |
The blitz 70 years on: share your stories
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| To mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the blitz, we invite you to share your family's memories. To start things off, Guardian journalist Stephen Moss retells his mother's experience I've always known that my mother was bombed out during t ... |
Images of the Blitz show horror and bravery in full colour
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 | On the week of the 70 year anniversary of the Blitz these shots from a new ITV documentary 'Words of the Blitz' bring the horrifying series of German air attacks on the UK to life. ... |
Blitz marked by St Paul's service
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| A service of remembrance has been held at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz. ... |
Battle of Britain heroes remembered
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 | The courage and sacrifice of those who fought off the Nazis to win the Battle of Britain has been remembered. On the 70th anniversary of the day the first German bombs fell on London, 2,500 people packed into St Paul's Cathedral to remember the Blit ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'They bombed in straight lines, east to west, south to north'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Alan Hartley recalls how the Luftwaffe tried to obliterate Coventry Alan Hartley was 16 when the Germans attacked Coventry on the night of 14 November 1940, in the greatest concentra ... |
The blitz: an interactive timeline
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| This interactive timeline tracks the German air force's bombing campaign as it devastated towns and cities across Britain during the second world war. By the end of the blitz, 60,000 people, half of them in London, had been killed by the attacks Pad ... |
Remembering the blitz: 'The sky was completely red'
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| As part of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the blitz, Alan and Dorothy Roberts remember the many raids in Manchester Alan Roberts was eight when the blitz started, and his wife Dorothy 13; they lived on different sides of Manchester. Al ... |
Blitz 70th anniversary: Images merge WWII bombings with modern-day Britain
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 | As we reflect on the 70th anniversary of The Blitz these montages blend vintage shots of 1940 with colour images of the same locations today. ... |
Blitz commemorated at St Paul's
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| Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers who battled through the bombing raids of the Blitz came together at St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate the ordeal. ... |
Video: 70th anniversary of the blitz: Romance, responsibility and tragedy
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| Three survivors from London and Coventry share their feelings on living with memories of the blitz, 70 years on John Domokos ... |
Video: British Pathé archive: London's biggest blitz
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| Footage from the British Pathé archive shows London firefighters working in rubble after heavy bombing from the German Luftwaffe ... |
Blitz to be commemorated at London service 70 years on
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| A remembrance service will be held later to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz. ... |
London Blitz film discovered
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| The Telegraph reported yesterday that rare, colour footage of London during the Blitz has been discovered in an attic. As Londonist puts it: For a conflict that is usually seen through the distancing prism of black-and-white, the film dramatically b ... |
Anniversary images bring the Blitz up to date
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| 70th anniversary pictures blend horror of the Blitz with modern Britain. ... |
Service to commemorate the Blitz
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 | A remembrance service is to be held later to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz. ... |
Failing our firefighters | Matt Wrack
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 | We're proud to do a risky job that saves lives. But successive governments are trying to reverse the reforms won after the blitz The fire service we have today largely came out of the second world war and the blitz . Before the war there was a ramsha ... |
Blitz 70th anniversary: Night of fire that heralded a new kind of war
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 | London Blitz: 7 September 1940 was the first day of the German bombardment of London that lasted 76 consecutive nights It was late in the afternoon of an early September Saturday 70 years ago when the German bombers came, flying low, in formation, up ... |
London Blitz 1940: the first day's bomb attacks listed in full. Map and spreadsheet
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 | London's Blitz is recorded in meticulous detail by London Fire Brigade records. See - for the first time online - how they showed September 7, 1940, the first 24 hours of attacks • Get the data The London Blitz started quietly. Less than 100 incident ... |
