Getting Blitzed at London’s Café de Paris

Getting Blitzed at London’s Café de Paris

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection
S1 E3: Go back in time to an evening in March of 1941, when the Café de Paris—a popular center of London nightlife in the 1930s and 40s—was destroyed in the Blitz. Uncover the history of the Café and see how its destruction reflects not only the horrors of wartime London, but the resiliency of the citizens who had to “keep calm and carry on” under the threat of war.