[BITList] WW2 London in colour.

[FS]

Would be interesting to compare the statistics between Hull and London, 
Hull I believe was the more devastated of the two




            /Amazing clarity in these  brilliant pics/

            Until a few years ago, photographs from the World War II
            were only seen in grainy  black and white.
            The brunt of the attacks on London by the Nazis was between
            September 7, 1940 and May 10th 1941.

            The attacks on Britain  were carried out continuously for 76
            nights and killed over 40,000 people.
            These terrifying attacks did not break the spirit of the
            Brits and people pressed on with their lives, as
            you can see in a couple of photos.

              interesting If you have followed the history of World War
            II, you will recall  that On July 19th 1941 Sir Winston
            Churchill launched his V for Victory campaign. On the 70th
            anniversary of this campaign, with the advent of digital and
            other technologies, new color images of the horror of
            destruction inflicted by the Nazi bombings of London have
            emerged. These powerful
            Images show a brief example of the real horrors the Nazis
            did all across London and the neighbourhoods.

            Now  see these photos of the horrors of those bombings!



            Clearing up: Workers remove rubble from a building
            decimated  in a heavy German air raid during the Blitz.
            Wallpaper inside the shattered bedrooms can even be seen in
            the gap left in the row of houses.


            Standing tall: The spire of the Central Criminal Court - 
            better known as the Old Bailey - rises defiantly while all
            Around it buildings have become jagged shells in a landscape
            scarred by the relentless German bombings.


            On the night of October 14th 1940, a bomb penetrated the 
            road and exploded in Balham Underground station,
            Killing 68 people. A  No 88 bus traveling in black-out
            conditions then fell into the  crater.


            In this extraordinary picture, the double-Decker bus is 
            still visible amid crumbling tarmac and bent girders left
            In an enormous crater caused by a bomb which landed in the
            middle of a Balham high street, south London ..


            Ablaze: Firemen battle to control flames raging through a
            town house ravaged by a direct hit in 1940, while right,
            This eerie image shows a London road deserted and covered in
            rubble after an air  raid.


            Preparing for battle: A noticeably young ground crewmen
            prepare a Spitfire in a field outside of London during the
            height  of the Battle of Britain. In the foreground a group
            of pilots pause to  discuss tactics.

            {Somehow I DON'T think this is 'just a field outside of
            London'. Kenley fighter 'drome maybe?}


            Stiff upper lip: A man determined to keep a sense of 
            normality reads a book on a park bench as a moored barrage
            balloon, Designed to scupper air attacks, floats in the
            background and  a second, right, soars above.


            The random nature of the bombing is clearly demonstrated
            here as a church, right, remains untouched while a vast
            swathe  of buildings close by were reduced to rubble.


            Wreckage: Workers wielding pick-axes and shovels are tasked
            with clearing away the remains of bombed building that
            would  have once stood next to this Central London church.













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