The Thames at War: Saving London From the Blitz

London’s emergency repair teams saved the capital from flooding by fixing over 100 breaches during relentless war-time attacks.

Between 1940 and 1945 London suffered 101 daylight and 253 nighttime air raids from the Luftwaffe and V1 and V2’s. There were 80,000 fatalities or serious injuries and appalling devastation. Well documented as these horrific events are, there was another major threat – the all too real possibility of widespread flooding whenever the Nazi onslaught breached the Thame...