John Colville was one of Winston Churchill’s private secretaries.
It’s extraordinary to think that anyone kept a diary in the midst of it all– but they did.
Just reading about it makes any complaints I have seem utterly trivial. Over 40,000 people were killed during The Blitz. It hardened British resolve: they used chalk to scrawl “Business As Usual” on boarded up shop windows. Seaports and industrial centers were also targeted.ĭuring the nightly bombing raids, Londoners slept in warehouse basements and The Underground (subway stations) on makeshift beds with no privacy or sanitation. Starting on September 7, 1940, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) bombed London for 57 consecutive nights. It ran from September 1940 through May 1941. The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom during World War II. One of those subjects was Diaries From The Blitz. It contains short reviews of five books on a given subject. One of my favorite features in the Review section of the Wall Street Journal Weekend edition is Five Best.
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