British face up to more bad war news

27th January 1942: A nation in the depths of war expects things to get worse before they get better

Bomb damage in the city of London , January 1942.

In London Vere Hodgson was keeping a diary¹ of her experiences in the war. Her record of the Blitz is particularly useful - but she continued to provide many insights into the outlook of the general public for the remainder of the war.

Although the entry of the United States into the war was widely recogni…