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Nazi Germany

The Loss of the Arandora Star
The September 1939 mass evacuations of UK towns and cities under Operation Pied Piper is well known. However, Benito Mussolini’s decision on 10 June 1940 to take Italy into the war on the side of Nazi Germany, led to evacuations of a different type. By taking Italy...
Masks an echo of modern times

Bank of England Staff testing gas masks in 1942