A Britsh WWII era woman recalls living under the constant threat of being bombed

[Luminous Animal]

With reference to the discussions about the use of drones by western powers (Letters, 25 October), my personal experience might help younger people, especially politicians, to get their use of the weapons of terror into perspective. Born in the UK in 1941, all I knew for the first four years of my life was war, and that someone was trying to kill me. Until my fourth birthday, on VE day (8 May 1945), I was terrorised with anxiety by the constant unexpected unknown of when the next bomb would fall. This was made even worse in 1944-45 with the advent of the cut-out, silent approach of VI and V2 rockets. So much so that my parents sought psychiatric help for me. I thought I'd put this all behind me now, but I find I can empathise totally with the terror of today's victims of drones and war of all ages, but especially the shocked, bewildered children I see on television

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/26/my-drone-terror?newsfeed=true