September 1940 – The Blitz Begins – Past Daily Reference Room – September 1940 - MBS: John Steele Reports from London - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - September 7, 1940 - the beginning of the Blitz; what would be an 8-month nightmare of daily raids over England by German bombers in an attempt to alternately demoralize the country, but also prepare it for what was sure to be an...


















