HITLER'S BLITZ ON LONDON,ENGLAND--NOW BRITAIN IS IN HIS EUROPEAN UNION
The church of St.Dunstan-in-the-East has survived a lot during it's 900-year history, including the Great Fire of London in 1666. Although the Great Fire caused terrible damage to the church it was faithfully rebuilt, and topped with a steeple designed by Sir Christopher Wren. But in 1941, the church was devastated by the Blitz. A direct hit destroyed everything apart from the north and south walls, and Wren's steeple.
By the end of the Blitz, over 1,000,000 London homes were destroyed, including much of the old Saxon church. After the war, with much of London in rubble, the slow rebuilding process began. But St. Dunstan-in-the-East remained in ruins. In 1967, the City of London Corporation decided to turn the bombed out shell of the church into a public garden, which remains to this day.
The church of St.Dunstan-in-the-East has survived a lot during it's 900-year history, including the Great Fire of London in 1666. Although the Great Fire caused terrible damage to the church it was faithfully rebuilt, and topped with a steeple designed by Sir Christopher Wren. But in 1941, the church was devastated by the Blitz. A direct hit destroyed everything apart from the north and south walls, and Wren's steeple.
By the end of the Blitz, over 1,000,000 London homes were destroyed, including much of the old Saxon church. After the war, with much of London in rubble, the slow rebuilding process began. But St. Dunstan-in-the-East remained in ruins. In 1967, the City of London Corporation decided to turn the bombed out shell of the church into a public garden, which remains to this day.