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London was the first city to discover what 'Total War' could mean in the age of aerial bombardment. The first city to endure rocket attack, a tenth of the city was lost, 30,000 died but the notorious 'Blitzkrieg' failed to demoralise the population.

This film was first broadcast: 1968

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