London, 1940St Paul’s Cathedral rises above the smoke and flames of one of the worst nights of bombing experienced in Britain. Luftwaffe aircraft dropped more than 10, 000 incendiary bombs on the city on 29 December. The picture was taken by Daily Mail photographer Herbert Mason, who climbed on to the roof of the newspaper’s headquarters Northcliffe House. He caught a glimpse of the cathedral in a momentary gap in the smoke and recorded his historic picturePhotograph: Herbert Mason/Daily Mail/Rex/Shutterstock

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 06:56 UTC