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The Tower of London and the Second World War

Life at the Tower of London during the Second World War

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Barrage Balloons at the Tower of London in the Second World War

When London faced the fury of the Blitz during the Second World War, the Tower of London found a new way to protect the city from the sky – a huge hydrogen-filled 'barrage balloon'.