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Where did people live after their homes were bombed in the Second World War?

During the Second World War, approximately 3.75 million houses in the UK (about two in seven) were damaged by enemy action. About 220,000 were destroyed. The worst destruction took place in two phases: the Blitz of September 1940 to May 1941, and the V-weapon campaign of June 1944 to March 1945.

Limited prewar preparations against air raids had

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