Life of Schoolboy during WW2

I was 9 years old when the war started in 1939 and my first recollection is of the blackout and Air Raid Wardens shouting "Put that light out!" This rule was strictly enforced because German bombers were flying overhead every evening and any trace of light would help them find their way to their target which was usually Liverpool docks or Manchester. The Germans, headed by the wicked Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, started this war when they invaded Poland in September 1939 resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and France and the British f... Mehr ...