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PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish · 3 months ago

British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

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British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

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    Anyone got some context here? Or we just meant to assume the British just caved in a power plant for the lols

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      “Ah you know, it was WW2, you could blow up whatever you wanted in Italy as long as you said it was for the war effort”

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      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Roast

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      https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1985-11-36-173

      Afraid I don’t have much more information, maybe someone with more patience can dig some up.

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