In 1940, the Nazi Luftwaffe bombed the city of London for eight consecutive months in what came to be known as the London Blitz. While Hitler expected the blitz to terrorize the British people into submission, their bravery and resilience proved him wrong. One of the many ways the British people responded to the Nazi attacks was with what came to be known as the Silent Minute. Each night at 9pm the bells of Big Ben would chime on the BBC before the nightly news, initiating a minute-long period o

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