![]() Apparently, Morley borrowed a milkman’s outfit and crate of bottles. Here’s where the story has some variations. Morley walked around the rubble of London until he found a group of firefighters trying to put out a fire amidst the fallen buildings, as he wanted that specific scene in the background. So Morley and his assistant set out to find the right backdrop for their project. But he knew the British government would never allow a publication of an image that was just of bombed streets and burned buildings. As a photographer, he was very aware of the power of images, and he personally felt the world should see the devastation in London. But on October 9, 32 days into the Blitz, Fred Morley had an idea. The government did everything they could to censor images of destruction, but they couldn’t keep people from looking outside. Paul’s could make it through the bombing, so could they.)ĭespite the British government’s best efforts, morale was low throughout those several months. For many Londoners, this was a source of inspiration. Everyone assumed the iconic cathedral had burned to the ground that night, but when they awoke the next morning, they found out the building was still standing. When a sudden gust of wind picked up, it blew the smoke out of the way at just the right moment for the photographer to capture the image of the cathedral. The smoke kept moving in front of the building, and everyone watching thought the cathedral would surely fall. Paul’s in the middle of the attack from a half a mile away. A photographer was on his way to take pictures of the destruction when he saw St. On a cold December night during the Blitz, bombs were dropping from all over the place, and fires were engulfing that section of the city. I’d do a separate post on it because I love it so much, but then I’d just be repeating information about the Blitz. By the end of the Blitz, 30,000 Londoners were dead, and another 50,000 were injured. On one unfortunate night, a German bomb dropped through the road and fell into the station, killing 200. Generally, the Underground was considered a safe place. Night raids consisted of initial incendiary bombs dropped to light the target for the second round of highly explosive bombs. When the evening comes the rest of the family crowd in,” reported an unknown eye-witness. A woman or child guards places for about six people. all the platforms and passage space of the underground station are staked out, chiefly with blankets folded in long strips laid against the wall – for the trains are still running and the platforms in use. They wanted to seem as though life was continuing as normal, and even an American film “London can take it” advertised the idea that “bombs can only kill people, they cannot destroy the indomitable spirit of a nation.” In reality, Londoners were leaving their homes at night (when most of the raids occurred) and hiding in parks or even subway tunnels that the government had (unsuccessfully) roped off. Day and night, German pilots dropped bombs on cities like London with the intention of demoralizing Britain and forcing them to fold as a significant power in WWII.Īt first, the British government tried to convey an air of indifference and strength – similar to the way an older brother will ignore a younger brother who keeps poking him. This attack became known as The Blitz, and it lasted from that September to May of the next year. ![]() Beginning in September of 1940, German forces launched an attack on Great Britain, specifically London, dropping bombs left and right. So essentially, Hitler had a tantrum and tried to turn London into hell. The Germans had just lost the Battle of Britain, one of the first big hits to Hitler’s strategy. If you think the man in this picture is a milkman, you’re wrong.
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