1940

St Paul’s Survives: Iconic Photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral in London surrounded by smoke and destroyed buildings, 29th December 1940

See the iconic photo St Paul’s survives showing St Paul’s Cathedral intact amongst the smoke and ruins caused by a German air raid in 1940.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meeting in Munich, Germany, June 1940

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