1940s War Austerity and Recovery Gallery A world apart in 1939/40 Fire from the sky as cities face The Blitz Woolies buy two Spitfires for the RAF Channel Island Occupation Rationing & Price Rises Home front defiance D-Day 'Home from Home' V1 and V2 rockets and the darkest hour Reconstruction and Austerity High bandwidth wartime history pages: New Cross Memorial Staff War Memorial Picture Gallery