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Did the blackout work?
Did the careless showing of a light really attract enemy bombers to hidden targets? Historian Andrew Jeffrey thinks not and casts doubt on the usefulness of the blackout.
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On the 6th August 1942 the east coast of Scotland was bombed by the Luftwaffe...
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