Blitz
When World War Two Came Home
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Blitz
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John Nichol
About this listen
Between 1939 and 1945, more than 60,000 civilians were killed and millions made homeless during German bombing raids. For decades, ‘The Blitz’ has been framed as a few desperate months between September 1940 and May 1941 that mainly affected London – but the real story is far broader, longer and more devastating.
From Eastbourne to Glasgow, from Cardiff to Newcastle, John Nichol uncovers forgotten tragedies and the extraordinary resilience of communities across the country. He tells of heroic firefighters battling infernos, the unflinching bravery required to defuse an unexploded bomb, families wiped out in an instant, and communities left bereft by a single blast.
Drawing on diaries, official records and eyewitness testimony, Nichol gives voice to civilians who endured nights of fire and fear, and to the men and women who found the courage to run towards danger. And he brings the blitz story up to date by speaking to those involved in similar situations today: mass casualty events, uncontrolled fires, unexploded bombs and individual acts of astonishing bravery.
By challenging stereotypes and capturing the emotional impact of when World War Two came home, Nichol tells this supposedly familiar history afresh. At once gripping and compassionate, Blitz is a searing testament to a generation whose fortitude shaped the course of history.
This is the definitive account of the Blitz — not just a moment in London, but a nationwide struggle that shaped the course of the war and the spirit of a generation.
‘It is rare to find a tale so strange, intimate and human yet at the same time so enormous so global in its importance. Yet again John Nichol impresses us with his ability to weave together the little details and the grand narrative.’
DAN SNOW, historian and TV presenter on THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR©2026 John Nichol (P)2026 Simon & Schuster, UK
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