![A woman is rescued from the ruins of her house after a V2 raid, London 1944](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1482507171043-LKP6D5TBHZDI3KM3FRUR/bomb_rescue.jpg)
A woman is rescued from the ruins of her house after a V2 raid, London 1944
![Sleeping station commander, near London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381500484865-1QEDGSFIQR2HKNB585EA/ROG1940009W00003-32.jpg)
Sleeping station commander, near London 1940
![Waiting for the invasion on Shakespeare Cliff, Dover 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831616396-23HCBR02053AZEFRLEYU/6x_2a_17.jpg)
Waiting for the invasion on Shakespeare Cliff, Dover 1940
![American radio commentator Eric Sevareid broadcasting live during an air-raid, Dover 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1388415652091-1OUPQ2LXHF449AKLEPLO/img073.jpg)
American radio commentator Eric Sevareid broadcasting live during an air-raid, Dover 1940
![American businessmen in training for the Home Guard, London 1939](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1388415565973-5OBVOZ7MPWD2UQEWML6G/img044.jpg)
American businessmen in training for the Home Guard, London 1939
![Waiting for the invasion on Shakespeare Cliff, Dover 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831646943-4KWUVKN9C0YBBY60RE4X/6x_2a_31.jpg)
Waiting for the invasion on Shakespeare Cliff, Dover 1940
![London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1388415680166-7GN6MEEW44SSNNMD3Q9W/img074.jpg)
London 1940
![Watching a day-time from a shelter entrance, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831850709-K64HHJ8CFL0I4EJ9AKFV/ROG1940002W00012-17.jpg)
Watching a day-time from a shelter entrance, London 1940
![Outside Downing Street, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831770154-5FIIEAL5AC2BTBXFJIPJ/ROG1940002W00003-34.jpg)
Outside Downing Street, London 1940
![Evacuation of Children, Paddington Station 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831814154-XUPN5BARNI0YEUA0YGQV/ROG1940002W0007A-32.jpg)
Evacuation of Children, Paddington Station 1940
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Evacuation of Children, Paddington Station 1940
![Boy wearing his tin helmet, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1385465232155-XNGH0Y772VB1MSBQDO4Z/ROG1940001W00003-23.jpg)
Boy wearing his tin helmet, London 1940
![Lyons Tea House 'Nippies' protect the windows with wooden shutters, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381500276860-H0NHYBTUUEVC1R2RTSAD/4x_3_7.jpg)
Lyons Tea House 'Nippies' protect the windows with wooden shutters, London 1940
![Civil defence workers, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381500316299-ZSUJ9WU04DL76EQ18ILX/ROG1940002W00014-04.jpg)
Civil defence workers, London 1940
![Piccadilly Circus, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381500417560-RHZG4ZTVK454YE67C7BF/ROG1940004W00001-15.jpg)
Piccadilly Circus, London 1940
![Air-raid warden telephones from a damaged phone booth, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381500346677-GS8JL21X5URF0S3GYJMJ/ROG1940002W00017-31.jpg)
Air-raid warden telephones from a damaged phone booth, London 1940
![Inspection of damage after arid, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831420142-E71VKH6ISI2PTVX5SPR2/2x_10_35.jpg)
Inspection of damage after arid, London 1940
![Rescue workers trying to save people buried in their homes after a raid, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831486386-V4HTN9111J3U6XUDRX74/2x_15_21.jpg)
Rescue workers trying to save people buried in their homes after a raid, London 1940
![Postman on his rounds after a raid, Coventry 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831962241-KWT0G47MLSPZGY82LR6N/ROG1940009W00003-30.jpg)
Postman on his rounds after a raid, Coventry 1940
![After a raid, Coventry 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831993424-1FT1X9HK7HOA750BI86Y/ROG1940009W00004-27.jpg)
After a raid, Coventry 1940
![After a raid, Coventry 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1385463855575-MDSHH6AH0Y2O2WU7OKK9/ROG1940009W00004-24.jpg)
After a raid, Coventry 1940
![Heavy rescue squad after an all-night bombing raid, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1388415635021-BF99PSE662QIWN1SPZRV/img072.jpg)
Heavy rescue squad after an all-night bombing raid, London 1940
![A Heavy Rescue Squad worker, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831515636-TMIFE6OM1DGTS6QTHB9R/2x_16_27.jpg)
A Heavy Rescue Squad worker, London 1940
![Decorating the hoardings on the shattered shopfronts of Oxford Street, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831552871-S3ZP94HKA19FEVWQ1PPT/3x_3_35.jpg)
Decorating the hoardings on the shattered shopfronts of Oxford Street, London 1940
![A news vendor outside Selfridges department store, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831581262-LXJGD08PKPFFPXN473ZU/3x_6_16.jpg)
A news vendor outside Selfridges department store, London 1940
![Women queuing for eggs, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831452265-0N01QU4LAXPC76UJGKR7/2x_11_5.jpg)
Women queuing for eggs, London 1940
![Hyde Park corner, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381500222156-2BD7KNFW8I0EVQ3DVB0E/2x_3a_28.jpg)
Hyde Park corner, London 1940
![Lists of the dead and wounded are posted on the walls of City Hall, Coventry 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831682852-S1DC65HLZB9FDBCG4P4T/9x_2_19.jpg)
Lists of the dead and wounded are posted on the walls of City Hall, Coventry 1940
![Lists of the dead and wounded are posted on the walls of City Hall, Coventry 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831919424-QZ8CD1CQ2IL9C76ORSA6/ROG1940009W00003-27.jpg)
Lists of the dead and wounded are posted on the walls of City Hall, Coventry 1940
![Children of Coventry 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1385463789778-ZPEUAC7ALTVDV3N9TRDK/ROG1940009W00001-04.jpg)
Children of Coventry 1940
![A tea canteen for bombed civilians, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1388415532172-6THLO37ERSTHBKWSE56Q/img043.jpg)
A tea canteen for bombed civilians, London 1940
![Utility footwear, London 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/1381831720969-RUG352ASG743F0Z0AY1O/ROG1940001W00008-13.jpg)
Utility footwear, London 1940
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