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British Army in Italy
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Royal Air Force on Eagle Day
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RAF Squadrons 1942
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The Economics of POW Camp Gambling: Cigarettes, Currency and Chance
Inside WWII prisoner of war camps, cigarettes became something far more sophisticated than currency alone. They became the backbone of an entire informal gambling economy, one detailed in surprising depth
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