Podcast: The First Day of the Blitz

ADVISORY: This podcast contains descriptions of wartime violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

Bomb damage to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, preserved as a memorial to the Blitz. Image: Annette Laing, 2019

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Did people really sing cheerful songs in the air raid shelters during the London Blitz? How did they cope? Annette riffs on the insights of historian Peter Stansky’s The First Day of the Blitz, and how it has both differed from and yet resonated with distressing days since, including during 9/11 and the pandemic.

The First Day of the Blitz is the podcast version of Annette’s original post at Non-Boring History, based on the work of Professor Peter Stansky. Read it here:

The First Day of the Blitz

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