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10 Friends, enemies and the wider war

Abstract

This chapter looks at the interviewees' explanations of the Allied bombing and the way in which they situate it within a wider war, comprised with their own experiences as well as others. American bombing was explained in two ways. The first was impersonal and the second explanation hinged on an emotive attitude that chimed in places with anti-Allied propaganda. But acceptance of bombing suggests a more purposeful idea of victimhood: death was not a waste. Explaining casualties like this contextualised bombing within the wider war was awful, but they had to beat the enemy. For some children, concepts of enemy and friend, and the geopolitical context were blurred and partial. Usually, the Germans were depicted as the enemy. An impervious group of people seemed less affected by propaganda, while in another group held evidence of children's agency: they sought information and engaged with it, organising it into maps and scrapbooks.

Abstract

This chapter looks at the interviewees' explanations of the Allied bombing and the way in which they situate it within a wider war, comprised with their own experiences as well as others. American bombing was explained in two ways. The first was impersonal and the second explanation hinged on an emotive attitude that chimed in places with anti-Allied propaganda. But acceptance of bombing suggests a more purposeful idea of victimhood: death was not a waste. Explaining casualties like this contextualised bombing within the wider war was awful, but they had to beat the enemy. For some children, concepts of enemy and friend, and the geopolitical context were blurred and partial. Usually, the Germans were depicted as the enemy. An impervious group of people seemed less affected by propaganda, while in another group held evidence of children's agency: they sought information and engaged with it, organising it into maps and scrapbooks.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of figures vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. List of abbreviations x
  6. Introduction 1
  7. 1 Telling stories 31
  8. Part I Expecting bombing
  9. 2 Expecting war 53
  10. 3 Preparing for bombs 67
  11. Part II Experiencing bombing
  12. 4 Being bombed 87
  13. 5 An evolving response 101
  14. 6 In the aftermath 119
  15. 7 The consequences of bombing 136
  16. Part III Explaining bombing
  17. 8 Explaining bombing to the public 167
  18. 9 Explaining bombing to children 183
  19. 10 Friends, enemies and the wider war 196
  20. Evaluating bombing 211
  21. Appendix 226
  22. Bibliography 231
  23. Index 256
French children under the Allied bombs, 1940–45
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch French children under the Allied bombs, 1940–45
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781784997410.00019

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of figures vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. List of abbreviations x
  6. Introduction 1
  7. 1 Telling stories 31
  8. Part I Expecting bombing
  9. 2 Expecting war 53
  10. 3 Preparing for bombs 67
  11. Part II Experiencing bombing
  12. 4 Being bombed 87
  13. 5 An evolving response 101
  14. 6 In the aftermath 119
  15. 7 The consequences of bombing 136
  16. Part III Explaining bombing
  17. 8 Explaining bombing to the public 167
  18. 9 Explaining bombing to children 183
  19. 10 Friends, enemies and the wider war 196
  20. Evaluating bombing 211
  21. Appendix 226
  22. Bibliography 231
  23. Index 256
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