
First published as Direct Hit
Saturday 7th September, 1940. The sun is shining, and in the midst of the good weather Londoners could be mistaken for forgetting their country was at war - until the familiar wail of the air-raid sirens heralds an enemy attack. The Blitz...

The jagged blast of high explosives rip through the evening air. In the sky over East London the searchlights criss-cross in search of the enemy.