Blitz

Archival Summary & Scope

From the author of *Wartime*, Juliet Gardiner’s *The Blitz* offers the definitive, long-awaited history of Nazi Germany's eight-month aerial campaign against civilian Britain (September 1940-May 1941). Despite its iconic imagery, this most sustained onslaught has remained curiously underexamined. Gardiner reveals how these devastating nightly bombings, intended to crush morale, paradoxically galvanized the nation, fostering a new determination. This original and vital work meticulously explores the civilian experience and the profound social, political, and cultural implications of a defining moment in World War II.