Forgotten Blitzes analyses how states and civil society in Vichy France and Fascist Italy reacted to the experience of Allied bombing between 1940 and 1945.

Claudia Baldoli is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Newcastle University, UK.
Andrew Knapp is Professor of French Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Reading, UK.

1 Introduction \ 2 Purpose and politics: the Allies and the bombing of France and Italy \ 3 Preparing for catastrophe, 1930-1940 \ 4 Weak fascists and strong puppets? Governments and bombing, 1940-1945 \ 5 Civilians under the bombs: propaganda, morale, and rumour \ 6 Resistance, bombs and liberation \ 7 Conclusion