Bethnal Green tragedy shakes London
An air raid that wasn’t sparked the worst civilian disaster of the war in the UK, leaving 173 people dead in a tube station.
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V-1 ‘buzz bombs’ terrorize England
By summer 1944, Londoners were well aware of the rhythms of a German air raid. Though thankfully years removed from the nightly poundings of the Blitz, the capital and the south coast remained forever on alert for sporadic appearances by the Luftwaffe. When the sirens sounded around 4:30 a.m. on June 13, then, residents knew the drill. But it soon
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