Walking the London Blitz

Walking the London Blitz
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Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9781783037292
ISBN-13 : 1783037296
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Walking the London Blitz by : Clive Harris

A unique way to experience the history of London during the Blitz of World War II through seven leisurely and informative walks. In Walking the London Blitz, Clive Harris guides you on a highly informative tour through one of World War II’s most pivotal and devastating military campaigns. By means of seven easily manageable walks and accompanying maps and photographs, anyone—from history buffs to tourists to seasoned armchair travelers—can experience the significant sites of those dark days when the German Luftwaffe relentlessly bombed Great Britain between 1940 and 1941. Some of the walking tours include: Bank Station to London Bridge Station; Ludgate Circus to Trafalgar Square; Marble Arch to the Cabinet War Rooms; Hyde Park Corner to Westminster; and London Bridge to St. Paul’s. Using rich anecdotes and first-hand accounts, the suffering and bravery of ordinary Britons in the face of Hitler’s V-weapon attacks comes to life.

Walking the London Blitz

Walking the London Blitz
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Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105113920388
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Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Walking the London Blitz by : Clive Harris

This Battleground Europe 'special' is a fascinating and highly informative guidebook to the Capital which will be invaluable to those who wish to understand what Londoners went through during the Second World War. By means of seven easily manageable walks, the reader is transported back to those dark days of devastating destruction. Using rich anecdotes and first-hand accounts the scale of the Luftwaffe raids becomes apparent and the horror of Hitler's V-weapon attacks unfurls. An original and fascinating way to visit London.

A Wander Through Wartime London

A Wander Through Wartime London
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781783460984
ISBN-13 : 1783460989
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis A Wander Through Wartime London by : Neil Bright

Through a series of five walks this book discovers the sights, sounds and experience of the capital at war; it details the remaining tangible evidence of the dark days via air raid shelter signs, bomb damage on buildings and memorials detailing heroic and often tragic events. The new routes cover a wide area of London and reveal further evidence of the experiences of four years air war in the skies above our capital city. The East End & Docks, Greenwich, Holborn, Bermondsey, Southwark and the West End are all featured, along with detailed maps and numerous contemporary photographs that accompany the text for each walk. The book also contains a number of appendices relating to the wider picture of the war. A well deserved story of Londons Home Guard is told. A list of Civil Defense casualties that occurred within the boroughs covered by the walks is included as well as a detailed list of the locations of wartime fire and ambulance stations across the capital.This book will appeal to both the enthusiast and anyone with an interest in Londons past. It is a further record of the memories and tangible evidence of this dramatic period of our capitals past and a tribute to those who lived through the Blitz and sadly so often, those who did not.

The Blitz and its Legacy

The Blitz and its Legacy
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9781351893893
ISBN-13 : 1351893890
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Blitz and its Legacy by : Peter J. Larkham

Triggered in part by contemporary experiences in the Balkans, the Middle East and elsewhere, there has been a rise in interest in the blitz and the subsequent reconstruction of cities, especially as many of the buildings and areas rebuilt after the Second World War are now facing demolition and reconstruction in their turn. Drawing together leading scholars and new researchers from across the fields of planning, history, architecture and geography, this volume presents an historical and cultural commentary on the immediate and longer-term impacts of wartime destruction. The book's contents in 14 chapters cover the spread of themes from experiencing the war to reconstruction and its experiences; and although many chapters draw upon the UK experience, there is deliberate inclusion of some material from mainland Europe and Japan to emphasise that the experiences, processes and products are not London-specific. A comparative book tracing destruction to reconstruction is a relative rarity, and yet of the utmost importance in possessing wider relevance to post-disaster reconstructions. The Blitz and Its Legacy is a fascinating volume which includes war experiences of destruction, architecture, urban design, the political process of planning and reconstruction, and also popular perceptions of rebuilding. Its findings provide very timely lessons which highlight the value of learning from historical precedent.

Walking London, 9th Edition

Walking London, 9th Edition
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Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781913618261
ISBN-13 : 1913618269
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Walking London, 9th Edition by : Andrew Duncan

Walking London is the essential companion for any urban explorer―visitor or native―committed to discovering the true heart of one of the world's greatest capital cities. In 30 original walks, distinguished historian Andrew Duncan reveals miles of London's endlessly surprising landscape. From wild heathland to formal gardens, cobbled mews to elegant squares and arcades, bustling markets to tranquil villages―Duncan reveals the pick of the famous sights, but also steers walkers off the tourist track and into the city's hidden corners. Handsomely illustrated with specially commissioned color photographs and complete route maps, the book provides full details of addresses, opening times and the best bars and restaurants to visit en route.

Hidden London

Hidden London
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780300245790
ISBN-13 : 0300245793
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Hidden London by : David Bownes

Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.

The Blitz Companion

The Blitz Companion
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Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 9781911534495
ISBN-13 : 1911534491
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Blitz Companion by : Mark Clapson

The Blitz Companion offers a unique overview of a century of aerial warfare, its impact on cities and the people who lived in them. It tells the story of aerial warfare from the earliest bombing raids and in World War 1 through to the London Blitz and Allied bombings of Europe and Japan. These are compared with more recent American air campaigns over Cambodia and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, the NATO bombings during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s, and subsequent bombings in the aftermath of 9/11. Beginning with the premonitions and predictions of air warfare and its terrible consequences, the book focuses on air raids precautions, evacuation and preparations for total war, and resilience, both of citizens and of cities. The legacies of air raids, from reconstruction to commemoration, are also discussed. While a key theme of the book is the futility of many air campaigns, care is taken to situate them in their historical context. The Blitz Companion also includes a guide to documentary and visual resources for students and general readers. Uniquely accessible, comparative and broad in scope this book draws key conclusions about civilian experience in the twentieth century and what these might mean for military engagement and civil reconstruction processes once conflicts have been resolved.

The Lost Art of Walking

The Lost Art of Walking
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781101079096
ISBN-13 : 1101079096
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lost Art of Walking by : Geoff Nicholson

How we walk, where we walk, why we walk tells the world who and what we are. Whether it's once a day to the car, or for long weekend hikes, or as competition, or as art, walking is a profoundly universal aspect of what makes us humans, social creatures, and engaged with the world. Cultural commentator, Whitbread Prize winner, and author of Sex Collectors Geoff Nicholson offers his fascinating, definitive, and personal ruminations on the literature, science, philosophy, art, and history of walking. Nicholson finds people who walk only at night, or naked, or in the shape of a cross or a circle, or for thousands of miles at a time, in costume, for causes, or for no reason whatsoever. He examines the history and traditions of walking and its role as inspiration to artists, musicians, and writers like Bob Dylan, Charles Dickens, and Buster Keaton. In The Lost Art of Walking, he brings curiosity, imagination, and genuine insight to a subject that often strides, shuffles, struts, or lopes right by us.

The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps

The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9780500518250
ISBN-13 : 0500518254
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps by : Laurence Ward

The complete World War II bomb census maps—unique graphic representations of one of the pivotal events of the century The aerial bombardment of London during the Second World War is one of the most significant events in the city’s modern history. Between 1939 and 1945, London and its environs experienced destruction on a huge and deadly scale, with air raids and rocket attacks reducing entire buildings and streets to rubble. The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps—meticulously hand-colored to document the extent of the damage being wrought on the city and surrounding areas—represent a key record of the destruction wrought by the Blitz, the impact of which can still be seen in the capital’s urban and social landscapes. Featuring new, high-quality reproductions of the 110 maps, this publication marks the first occasion on which these truly remarkable documents have been made available to a general audience. An introduction by Laurence Ward, Principal Archivist at the London Metropolitan Archives, explores the maps in the context of the terrible events that made them necessary. Reproductions of the maps themselves are complemented by a series of photographs of the damage done to the City of London, taken with a sympathetic yet unflinching eye by police constables Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs; additional archival photographs; and tables of statistics. This landmark publication represents an invaluable graphic representation of one of the most dramatic and affecting episodes in the history of London.

Hettie and the London Blitz

Hettie and the London Blitz
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Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Total Pages : 113
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781663914866
ISBN-13 : 1663914869
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Hettie and the London Blitz by : Jenni L. Walsh