The Blitz: An Alternative History
Dan Snow's History Hit
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We Survive the Blitz
Three and a half thousand people were killed during the blitz. People suddenly found themselves living different kinds of lives. These sort of extremes absolutely changed the way people lived. It was such a time of extremes, i think, extremes in all directions. For some, clearly, the blitz was a dark event, a terrible event for them. And then, of course, you have these extremes i met one lady who told me an extraordinary sort of being on a bus in lond this was during the height of the blitz. She was travelling through chelsea and westminster. Neither of them knew each other. They heard a stick of bombs coming down the drive rovas. He veered off
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