The Bombing of London

   We left London when it was hugely destroyed by the Great Fire. For nearly 300 years Londoners lived peacefully but everything changed when the World War II begun. 
  On 7 September 1940 the German aircraft started bombing the capital of Great Britain. It was the largest collection of aircraft ever seen. The country was put on the highest alert. Nazis was hoping that the bombing would destroy London and weaken the spitit of its inhabitants but to their suprise Londoners became even stronger and weren't planning to give up so easily. At that hard time existed a popular sentence, the catchphrase of the Blitz : "We can take it".
  The horrible bombing continued for  the next 76 nights! People living not only in London but also in the near areas lived in constant fear. They had to be always prepared for the worst. Anytime they could be dead and everything around could be destroyed..

Winston Churchill inspecting bomb damage in South Londnon (10 September 1940)

sources:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/germany_bombs_london

http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-london/ww2-the-blitz-hits-london