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On Fri. 26 Jan 1940 Believing that Germany would not be able to direct.....

1940-01-26

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Believing that Germany would not be able to directly attack Britain, about half of the 750,000 children evacuated from London, England, United Kingdom since Sep 1939 had returned to their homes in the city.

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