Reprisals

1930s, 1940s, After 1950, Aircraft, Books, Pictures, Reprisals

A Guilty Man?

I’m sure everybody has a favourite story about Sir Kingsley Wood. Mine is the one from when he was Air Minister at the start of the Second World War, and he refused to bomb Germany on the grounds that it would damage private property. As A. J. P. Taylor tells it: Kingsley Wood, secretary for

1940s, Periodicals, Reprisals, Rumours

Vox pops — IV

Another source of information about public opinion on reprisals during the Blitz is hearsay — what people reported that other people thought. This can give us an insight into contemporary judgements of the public mood. But, as with letters to the editor, hearsay is highly problematic too. It’s only possible to get a good grasp

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