The secret WW2 mission to save Britain’s art collections
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The Mass Evacuation of National Treasures in London
In 19 33, the same week that hitler came to power, a top secret cabinet sub committee had been called together to look at what should happen to london's national collections if there were ever to be another war. So can you tell us a little bit of this story, maybe, how did this plan actually come into fruition? Well, it seems extraordinary looking back on this now, but in the 19 thirties, people were coni that what was going to happen was that immediately another war were declared,. There would be lightning strikes on the capital almost instantaneously, combined with bombings from the air, of poison gas. And so this is what was informing their planning. In
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