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## The War Years: When Ignorance was Bliss On 8 May 1945 all over London people were dancing and singing in the streets. Many fewer were drunk than ten years earlier when Londoners celebrated the silver jubilee of George V: drink was in short supply and cost too much. But the feeling of relief and happiness could be felt in the air. Almost six years of war were over: no more black-out, no more bombs, Vis or V2s on London: no more nagging fears about husbands, sons or lovers serving in Europe or the Middle East. Families would be together again. Life would come back to normal, but with any luck it would be better than in the old days. And of course Britain had won and, with the two great allies, Russia and America, was one of the 'big three' who would jointly settle the affairs of Europe and, eventually, the world. At one moment that evening a tall, thin, elegant man stood on the steps of the Travellers' Club, watching the passing crowd with a kindly but pitying eye and an ironic smile. He was the senior official at that moment in charge of the Foreign Office, personally advising the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill -Sir Orme Sargent.' The pity and irony were natural: he knew so ma

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Author

Elisabeth Barker (auth.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9781349057634

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Humanities