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A teenage girl walks along the sidewalk, her school bag

swinging from her shoulder. She's just finished the first week of a new school year and

is hoping to spend the weekend with her friends, but in these troubled times she can never be sure of anything.

For the past five years, Britain has been at war with Nazi Germany.

During the first months of the conflict, children were evacuated from cities for their own safety.

But after the Blitz ended in 1941, London wasn't targeted in bombing raids as often, and

many evacuees, like this this teenager have returned home.

As she rounds the corner onto her own street, she glances up at the dirty gray clouds

floating above. It looks like rain. She quickens her pace, hoping to get home before it begins to pour.

But a deafening explosion behind her throws the girl to the ground.

The sidewalk beneath her shakes as she unsteadily gets to her feet and looks back the way she came.

The site takes her breath away. Halfway down the street, where a house stood just a few moments ago is now a crater.

Other houses along the street have their window. just a few moments ago is now a crater.

Other houses along the street have their windows blown out.

Roove tiles slide to the ground, walls teeter and collapse.

The teenager runs for the shelter of home as the eerie sound of an air raid

siren drifts across the city but as she reaches her front door she glances

back up at the sky. She can't hear the heavy drone of plane engines, nor can she see any German bombers in the sky.

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