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Sheltering Underground
The Blitz, the German bombing of London and other major British cities as part of the Battle of Britain, began on September 7, 1940. London was bombed for 77 nights continuously, and the city’s residents took to using the tunnels of the London Underground as bomb shelters.
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Blitz, London; World War II
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