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Tag Archives: air raid
15.3.42
Short air raid alert about 11.30 this morning. No bombs or guns. The first time in 10 months that I had heard this sound. Inwardly rather frightened, and everyone else evidently the same, though studiously taking no notice and indeed … Continue reading
1.6.41
We are clearing out of Crete. Mention of 13,000 men being evacuated. [1] No mention yet of the total number involved. The most frightful impression will be created if we remove the British troops and leave the Greeks behind, though … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, Baghdad, Britain, censorship, Crete, Damascus, Duke of Hamilton, evacuation, Hansard, Hess, Iraq, MOI, newspapers, oil, Parliament
5 Comments
11.5.41
The most important news of the last few days, which was tucked away on a back page of the newspapers, was the Russian announcement that they could not any longer recognize the governments of Norway and Belgium. Ditto with Jugo-Slavia, … Continue reading
10.9.40
Can’t write much of the insanities of the last few days. It is not so much that the bombing is worrying in itself as that the disorganisation of traffic, frequent difficulty of telephoning, shutting of shops whenever there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, bomb, Cheapside, cinemas, Criterion, delayed-action bomb, docks, fires, Greenwich, Holborn, homeless, Huesca, incendiary bomb, letters, London Bridge, Madame Tussaud's, Marylebone, milk, naval college, newspapers, noise, Old Kent Road, power, screaming bombs, shelter, shops, south London, Spain, telephone, Thames estuary, theatres, traffic, trams, unexploded bomb, Westminster Bridge, Woolwich
12 Comments
7.9.40
Air-raid alarms now frequent enough, and lasting long enough, for people habitually to forget whether the alarm is on at the moment, or whether the All Clear has sounded. Noise of bombs and gunfire, except when very close (which probably … Continue reading
3.9.40
Yesterday talking with Mrs. C., [1] who had recently come back from Cardiff. Raids there have been almost continuous, and finally it was decided that work in the docks must continue, raids or no raids. Almost immediately afterwards a German … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, bomb, Cardiff, casualties, deaths, docks, newspapers, Ramsgate, strike
12 Comments
31.8.40
Air-raid warnings, of which there are now half a dozen or thereabouts every 24 hours, becoming a great bore. Opinion spreading rapidly that one ought simply to disregard the raids except when they are known to be big-scale ones and … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, anti-aircraft guns, bomb, Eileen, explosion, Maida Vale, Regent's Park, Spain
6 Comments
29.8.40
Air-raid alarms during the last 3 nights have totalled about 16-18 hours for the three nights. . . . . . It is perfectly clear that these night raids are intended chiefly as a nuisance, and as long as it … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, alarm, bomb, bus conductor, Hitler, siren, Spain
4 Comments
26.8.40
(Greenwich). The raid which occurred on the 24th was the first real raid on London so far as I am concerned, i.e. the first in which I could hear the bombs. We were watching at the front door when the … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, alarms, bombs, East India docks, Greenwich, Huesca, London, Monflorite, newspapers, Spain
6 Comments
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