Articles on 1939 in the United Kingdom, Including - Kindertransport, White Paper of 1939, Chamberlain War Ministry, Anglo-Polish Military Alliance, Peking Plan, Hartog V Colin & Shields, 1939 British Home Championship (Paperback)

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