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Monday 7 September 2015

Blitz 75th anniversary: How London looked after bomb devastation


The debris of St Thomas’s Hospital the morning after a direct hit (Picture: Fox Photos/Getty Images)

On this day 75 years ago, the German air force carried out devastating bombings across London.



Around 43,000 people were killed and countless evacuated during The Blitz – one of the worst periods of violence in British history.

But in typical fashion, the attitude at the time was very much ‘business as usual’.

Our motto is illustrated no better than in these pictures showing the city ravaged by Hitler, and how it stands proud today.


St. Pancras International


Tower Bridge



Ludgate Hill



John Lewis in Oxford Street


John Lewis in Oxford Street


Big Ben in Westminster



Cenotaph, Whitehall



Warrington Crescent in St John's Wood, north London,



The Eaglet pub in north London



Brixton


St Paul's can be seen in this aerial view of London

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