As thundering German bombers methodically attacked British civilians for the fourth successive week of heavy air raids, the people of London began to see themselves as a sort of army of non-fighters who must take their punishment and hold with self-help and Government help. Among the other millions of London housewives who no longer bother with hats or have lost them amid the debris of smashed homes, Mrs. Winston Churchill tied a spotted scarf over her head and went about the streets with the Prime Minister. "Now, there's a lydy for you!" chirped an appreciative cockney.
The King's personal physician Lord...
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