World War II Today

World War II Today

Life in tired, drab, shabby Britain

23rd December 1942: A journalist returns home and finds a country enduring the daily grind that had become the war on the Home Front

Dec 23, 2022
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Bomb damage remained widespread in most of Britain’s cities and there had been new devastation in 1942. The aftermath of a 'Baedeker Raid', Canterbury, Kent, England, 1942. A general view of damage to St Augustine's Abbey and the surrounding area, following the devastating Baedeker raid on Canterbury.
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