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On the 14^th of November 1940, the Luftwaffe almost destroyed Coventry. From that day few cities escaped the German bombers, the most affected were the most industrialized: London, Southampton, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham… It seemed Hitler's plan was to conquer a country laid in ashes. That way, he may have thought, it would be easier to rebuild it in his own image, but what he wasn't expecting was that this country was already forged by its history. A history of which British people felt awfully proud, and for which they would fight until the end with the sole objective of preserving and glorifying it.

It was during those days of darkness, pride and hope when this story began.