The third in a four-part series presented by Peter Taylor in which radical stances about the Second
Wortd War are proposed and debated.
Dr Nick Tiratsoo , social historian at the London School of Economics, argues that the British did not pull together on the Home Front. He maintainsthatthe cosy image of a society wholly united against the Nazis is a myth, the product of skilfully manipulated propaganda disguising escalating social conflicts. Instead, Tiratsoo paints a picture of a divided society in which the rich were better protected than the panic-stricken poor who were forced to face the Blitz with inadequate shelters. Those who lived through the war, together with historians, challenge and debate this controversial thesis.
Producer Stephen Haggard ; Series producer
Laurence Rees