the wailing of sirens the incessant alerts they're even worse than the bombing. sleeping has become impossible. when he took office churchill had promised land toil sweat and tears how else to describe the fate of these bombed out people. state officials watched out for signs that morale was crumbling how would the british people react the public mood could be decisive in this war. but the british public proved surprisingly resilient. when madness and chaos were expected there was solidarity. where demobilization was feared there was an incredible