Blitz spirit or broken morale?
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đď¸ 1 February 2021
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| 0:51.0 | I'm Ellie Cawthorne. |
| 0:57.4 | Today's interview is with Professor Jeremy Crang, a historian at the University of Edinburgh. |
| 1:03.8 | Along with Paul Addison, who sadly died last year, |
| 1:07.1 | Jeremy is the co-editor of the Spirit of the Blitz, Home Intelligence and British Morale, September |
| 1:12.6 | 1940 to June 1941. This book compiles reports from the Ministry of Information, recording the morale of the British public during the height of the Blitz. |
| 1:22.6 | A little while back, Jeremy spoke to BBC History Magazine editor Rob Atar about how the British |
| 1:30.0 | public came to be monitored in this way and what the reports can tell us about the so-called |
| 1:35.0 | Blitz spirit. |
| 1:37.5 | So first of all, Jeremy, your book compiles Home Intelligence Reports. |
| 1:43.0 | For those of our listeners who may not have heard of the |
| 1:45.7 | Home Intelligence Unit, can you please explain what it was and how it came about? |
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