THE WAR YEARS

“We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers, and airmen”. —Princess Elizabeth

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Even before the first bolts of the German blitzkrieg—“lightning war”—struck Poland in September 1939 and ignited a worldwide conflagration, its threat thundered throughout Europe. In response, bomb shelters were built below Buckingham Palace and carved...

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