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193 - London Underground

The WW2 Podcast

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The Fear of a War

The potential of air power is now becoming very, very obvious. The theory of the knockout blow will always get through famous for 1934. East Enders might have learned that that's where you can take shelter. But it becomes part of the subconscious consciousness of that First World War. It would be the knockout blow. That London would be devastated. We're talking about people providing enough carbon coffins to bury about two million people. And inevitably, the underground gets involved.

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