Welcome to my Historic London thread. These incredible photographs. Focusing on London, they show the havoc wreaked by the Luftwaffe on the city. it also shows the city before the war.
Images Scanned from the book
Shot from Above: Aerial Aspects of London
by Stephen Brindle
And the Hulton Archive
Wow, how did St. Pauls survive all that carpet bombing? I think its interesting how in Europe what was lost was due to war, here in the states our cities were destroyed by us.
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Wow, how did St. Pauls survive all that carpet bombing?
It was the fires caused by incendiary devices that caused most of the damage around St. Paul's, not explosions.
"Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent word that St Paul's Cathedral should be protected at all costs - it would boost morale to save Christopher Wren's masterpiece." - BBC News - How St Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz
Excellent thread Jamie. I was not aware that London had been damaged to the extent you show in these pictures. The core districts certainly got hit to a high degree. It is easier to understand the infill of newer buildings in the central districts from the 50's 60's and onward when you bear witness to such documents. Sad really.
the east end of london and most of the areas surrounding the docks were very heavily hit! my grandads first wife and his 2 daughters were killed in canning town when a doodlebug rocket hit their house.
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