The night London burned for a second time – inside the worst night of the Blitz 84 years ago today, Londoners woke up to a hazy morning as smoke filled narrow streets after the worst blitz during World War Two.
28 incendiary bombs hit St Paul’s that night, but the building remained standing tall above the London skyline, resulting in a stunning photo named ‘St Paul’s Survives’.
(Photo by Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL via Getty Images)] Recalling the fire, Mr Pyle wrote: ‘For on that night this old, old city – even though I must bite my tongue in shame for saying it – was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen.
(Photo by Bill Brandt/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)] St Paul’s Cathedral had its designated watch after Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: ‘St Paul’s must be saved at all costs.’.
‘You have all seen big fires, but I doubt if you have ever seen the whole horizon of a city lined with great fires – scores of them, perhaps hundreds.
