The Cathedral That Survived the Blitz

On the night of December 29, 1940, German incendiary bombs rained down on London in what firefighters called the Second Great Fire. Entire city blocks crumbled into ash. But when the smoke cleared the next morning, St. Paul's Cathedral still stood — its dome rising defiantly above the rubble. Photographers captured the image, and it became an icon of resilience for a battered nation.…