Blitz spirit or broken morale?

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jeremy Crang investigates reports on British morale made during the Second World War and considers what they can tell us about the ‘Blitz spirit’

Historian Jeremy Crang discusses his book The Spirit of the Blitz (co-edited with Paul Addison), which investigates reports on British morale made during the early months of the Second World War and considers what they can tell us about the so-called ‘Blitz spirit’.

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0:43.3	Hello and welcome to the History Extra Podcast from BBC History magazine.
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0:57.7	I'm Ellie Corthon.
0:59.7	Today's interview is with Professor Jeremy Crang,
1:03.7	a historian at the University of Edinburgh.
1:05.7	Along with Paul Addison, who sadly died last year,
1:09.7	Jeremy is the co-editor of the Spirit of the Blitz,
1:11.7	home intelligence and British morale,
1:13.7	September 1940 to June 1941.
1:18.8	This book compiles reports from the Ministry of Information,
1:22.6	recording the morale of the British public during the height of the Blitz.
1:26.5	A little while back, Jeremy spoke to BBC History magazine editor Rob Attar,
1:31.8	about how the British public came to be monitored in this way,
1:35.2	and what the reports can tell us about the so-called Blitz Spirit.
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