Abstract
To overcome London's gross unpreparedness for war seen during the September 1938 Munich crisis, a regional organisation was inserted between Whitehall and the Town Halls to co-ordinate the work of the local authorities responsible for taking Air Raid Precautions. Co-ordinated by this unelected body, London was reasonably prepared when the blitz opened in September 1940. However, severe problems were exposed and these were successfully tackled on a regional basis. So well did most London local authorities cope with their unprecedented wartime responsibilities that, although executive action was necessary in Stepney and West Ham, the national government declined to consider the reform of London government on regional lines for two decades. Although W.A. Robson argued stridently for an elected regional authority, the status quo ante was restored in 1945 since when the valuable experience of London's wartime regional government has been effectively ignored.
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