This large screenprint focuses on the Blitz bombing campaign of central London in 1940–1 and was produced as part of a portfolio by Kitaj titled Struggle in the West – The Bombing of London. The highly ironic title appears at the bottom of the print and within a photograph featuring a poster of Hitler. The sober black and white photographs contrast with ornate vintage wallpaper designs and a multicoloured, gridded layout. Working with a master printmaker, Kitaj suggested that they: ‘Go for contrast—use a deep purple and complimentary yellow on one image, a flat orange and khaki green on another, etc. I’ll leave it to you to find strange mixtures and I can correct what I don’t like.’ The finished print features 57 separate colours.