Most of Churchill's War Room is just as it was back then. A few rooms have been faithfully recreated and all give a sense of simplicity and sparseness. They only contained what was needed to make critical decisions...
All we knew was that in 1944 my mother Hedvig Johnson lived at "Park Close" in a 5th-floor apartment ...
We found the building that housed OSS Counterespionage, known as X-2, during World War II ...
Over and over again I have heard about (in WWII movies) and read about (in WWII books) that the Savoy is London's most famous hotel....
(1995) Author Philip Ziegler documents what was happening in the "greatest city in the world" during the wartime years. ...
In September of 1940, Hitler began heavy bombing of London and other cities in Great Britain. In the beginning, there were bombings every day and every night. Countless homes and buildings were destroyed, and many civilians were killed. The "Blitz" lasted until May of 1941....