World War II: Scotland Yard War Diary 1939 to 1945

World War II: Scotland Yard War Diary 1939 to 1945

2,753 pages of handwritten recording of basic war related events within the London Metropolitan Police District (Scotland Yard is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police).

London as the capital of England and its largest city was targeted by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). The Luftwaffe attacked London in September of 1940 by bombers, and in 1944 and 1945 by Germany's V-1 cruise missile and V-2 rocket attacks. By the end of the war approximately 30,000 Londoners were killed by German bombing.