"From September 1940 until May 1941, wave upon wave of German aircraft dropped thousands of bombs on cities and towns the length and breadth of the British Isles. The Blitz, as it became known, was the most devastating bombardment the world had ever seen. These momentous events are recounted here through the archives of the Daily Mail, the London Evening Standard and the London Evening News in a detailed visual history, which contextualises this most intense period of bombing, from the outbreak of the war in September 1939 up to the last V2 in March 1945"--Inside front cover.