1940s War Austerity and Recovery Gallery A world apart in 1939/40 Fire from the sky as British and German Cities face the Blitz Woolworth staff buy two Spitfires for the RAF Channel Islands Occupation Rationing and Price Rises Home front defiance FWW UK becomes a D-Day 'home from home' V1 and V2 Rockets and the Darkest Hour Reconstruction and austerity High bandwidth pages New Cross Memorial Staff War Memorial Finest hour picture gallery