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
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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