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The History of Fake Towns.

Stuff You Should Know

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I Hate Nazis. I Hat Nazis of Today.

In World War II, Britain put up fake cities to divert German bombs. The idea came from a colonel who thought it would work well in the war. They didn't have to get too fancy because they remembered that they were hiding from bomb bediers.

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