London At War

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The World Wars had an affect that is still noticeable throughout the worlds methods and design. The lecture on London at war discussed how World War I took enough of an affect on London that they primarily suffered through paranoia of another attack through a lot of the next few years and into the start of World War II. The point that was made that when the bombings began taking place during the actual bombings of World War II were thought by some as a fantastically exciting time to be alive. The lecture also went on about London’s politics in terms of war. The explanation of how the nation realized what type of leader would be needed in order to guide them through the war. The analysis of how Winston Churchill served as a prime minister for the war time period and was able to affectively lead them through the war to victory, but then the realization happened again and Churchill was taken out of office for someone who could be a more effective prime minister in a state of recovery. The whole affect that the wars had on London for years after were probably the points that I found interesting. How long London had to be kept in ration lines and a state of awareness after World War II shows the psychological toll that that war created on just England. Within my major’s focus there is a good deal of attention paid to how countries feel the affects of world events for decades after. This is a theme we see in many ways throughout a lot of the books that we read so I did feel a certain level of connection with this sentiment. This lecture gave a lot of strong examples for how London held itself during wartime, often times from stories people have given.