The day-to-day, blow-by-blow account of the Night Blitz. Beginning with
the first mass raid on London on September 7th, 1940, the story is
continued through the winter of 1940-41 with the description of
Luftwaffe operations over Britain. The author's account of each night's
operations brings into focus the details of the escalating attacks as
one raid exceeded another in size, damage or deaths. Every German crash
on land is listed with its crew, and footnotes are included on all those
which are known to have been investigated or excavated since the end of
the war, together with photographs of discoveries. Over twenty features
and special articles by historians and eyewitnesses intersperce the
daily happenings, illustrating life at the time on both the civilian and
Service fronts, and contrasting descriptions by German airmen give the
reader an insight into what it was like to be on the other side. The
book presents a record of a period which changed the face of Britain and
cost the lives of 40,000 on her people.