{"id":539,"date":"2021-01-19T23:24:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T23:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/digitalww\/?p=539"},"modified":"2021-01-20T05:29:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T05:29:08","slug":"podcast-the-blitz-re-evaluating-the-public-morale-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/digitalww\/podcast-the-blitz-re-evaluating-the-public-morale-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The Blitz: Re-evaluating the Public Morale of London"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Luke Amrine (student Autumn 2020)<\/h5>\n

“Keep calm and carry on” is what one thinks of when imagining how Londoners and others in Great Britain survived during the Blitz, a months long German bombing campaign designed to break British morale. This podcast looks critically at the accuracy of this statement and explores what circumstances were truly like during this harrowing and disastrous period of the Second World War.<\/p>\n

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Listen to\u00a0The Blitz: Re-Evaluating the Public Morale of London<\/a> <\/em>here.<\/div>\n
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  • \u201cAir Raid World War 2.\u201d Air Raid World War II. Imperial War Museum. Accessed November <\/span>19, 2020. \u00a0\u00a9 IWM 7135 https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/item\/object\/80006949. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Beaven, Brad, and John Griffiths. \u201cThe Blitz, Civilian Morale and the City: Mass-Observation <\/span>and Working-Class Culture in Britain, 1940\u201341.\u201d <\/span>Urban History<\/span><\/em> 26, no. 1 (May 1999): 71\u2013<\/span>88. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s0963926899000152. <\/span><\/li>\n
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  • Jones, Edgar. \u201c\u2018The Gut War.\u2019\u201d <\/span>History of the Human Sciences<\/span><\/em> 25, no. 5 (December 2012): 30\u2013<\/span>48. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0952695112466515. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • London Symphony Orchestra . <\/span>7th Symphony Movement II – Allegretto<\/span>. MP3. <\/span>Beethoven: The <\/span>Complete Symphony Collection<\/span>. London, 1960. <\/span>Rep. <\/span>Monthly Reports on Morale<\/span>. London: Ministry of Home Security, 1940. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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