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When war broke out in 1939, Polish-born Feliks Topolski remained in London. While nominally serving as an officer in the Polish army, he became an official war artist to both the Polish government in exile and the British. For the British, he recorded bombed London streets during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, in May 1941, and, while doing so, received serious wounds that led him to spend six weeks in hospital. As some compensation, his efforts resulted in the book, Britain in Peace and War (1941).
In August 1941, Topolski received a commission from Picture Post to travel as a member of the first allied Arctic convoy to Russia. He arrived in Moscow as the German army moved towards the city, in an advance that led to the gruelling struggle of the Battle of Moscow, and eventual Russian victory. Many of the drawings that he made there were published in 1942, in Russia in War, including the present one, which shows one of the highlights of the tour. This was an exhibition of captured German war trophies held at Moscow’s Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, along the banks of the River Moskva. One American, who visited the exhibition in the following year, described it thus:
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Bestselling author CHRISTOPHER LLOYD began his career as a journalist with the Sunday Times newspaper. Then, while camping with his family, he had a critical realization: Even with a 1st class degree in history from Cambridge University and experience as a science writer, there was so much about the world he didn't know. So, he set out to write books that zoom out and tell the big stories, opening readers' eyes to how seemingly unrelated events fit together and showing them multiple perspectives on the world, all in highly engaging prose and matched with lively illustration and photography.
Now, with more than 20 books in print, some in over a dozen languages, Christopher divides his time between writing books for adults and children and delivering lectures and workshops to schools, literary festivals, and a wide range of other venues around the world. His TEDx talk can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7vlUYdCh_I
You can email Christopher at info@whatonearthbooks.com
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