The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19... - Laurence Ward

The aerial bombardment of London during the Second World War is one of the most significant events in the city's modern history. The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps--meticulously hand-colored to document the extent of the damage being wrought on the city and surrounding areas--represent a key record of the destruction wrought by the Blitz, the impact of which can still be seen in the capital's urban and social landscapes.Featuring new, high-quality reproductions of the 110 maps, this publication marks the first occasion on which these truly remarkable documents have been made available to a general audience. Between 1939 and 1945, London and its environs experienced destruction on a huge and deadly scale, with air raids and rocket attacks reducing entire buildings and streets to rubble.

An introduction by Laurence Ward, Principal Archivist at the London Metropolitan