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Sandbags protect a shop window at Selfridges in London, during the first Christmas of World War II, 16th December 1939. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sandbags protect a shop window at Selfridges in London, during the first Christmas of World War II, 16th December 1939. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)