Britain under fire. With a foreword by J.B. Priestley.

London, Country Life Ltd. [1941]

95, [1] pages of illustrations (including frontispiece (portrait) plan) 26 x 20 cm

"This book of nearly two hundred photographs of buildings, famous or homely, blasted to the earth or broken into ruins, should do something to convey the truth to people who, hearing of the might of Britain, are sceptical as to her sufferings. One of the many miracles of this struggle is the strength of the country's life and effort even in those districts where desolation upon desolation covers large areas. 'Amidst such terrible ruins they still prosecute the war with the same vigour and courage,' wrote a contemporary Bishop of Londoners at the time of the Great Fire, and that is true not only of Londoners but of Britons to-day. Looking at this book, those in the few happier countries remaining will realise what a miracle it is and see the price we have already paid for freedom, while those who love London an and our greater cities will find in it with a pang, records of beauty lost and great associations forever destroyed. Those who have themselves lived through these days and nights of onslaught will value this collection of photographs as trophies of such a battlefront as no civilised peoples have ever faced until Germany made war. It is at once a book for our living moment and a book to keep that our children's children may know."--Front flap of book jacket.

World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 Pictorial works.
Bombardment.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Ouvrages illustrés.
Bombardement.
Great Britain

Illustrated works

Country Life Limited.

Location: Library main 193105
Call No.: D759.B7 (ID:97-B4167)
Status: Available