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Tag: Home Front
Doodlebugs: when silence meant catastrophe
The ‘Doodlebug’, or V1 flying bomb, was one of the most effective weapons the Germans came up with in the war, and in terms of morale, it was one of the most devastating. Just when people were starting to feel safe again after the Blitz, that hair raising
The 2nd Great Fire of London – St Pauls Cathedral in WW2
Christmas time in 1940, really was an explosive one, and on the evening of the 29th and 30th December, Luftwaffe, Germany’s powerful Air force, launched a devastating raid on London. Named the Blitz, during the raid 130 Heinkel HE111s aircraft dropped 10,
Lizzie the Elephant in WW1
What a strange scene it must have looked — an elephant pulling a cart up and down the cobbled streets of Sheffield. It might have looked like the circus was in town, but this exotic beast was actually playing a big part in helping Britain during the First