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| Picture No | 10547831 |
| Date | 1920 |
| Description | A false Paris outside Paris: A city created to be bombed, 19 |
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A page from the Illustrated London News, 1920, illustrating a 'sham' Paris, created to trick German pilots flying at night into thinking they were bombing Paris during World War One. A false railway is shown in day light, and a stretched canvas, made to represent la Gare d'est from the air, is shown at the top of the page.
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| Source | A page from the Illustrated London News, November 6th 1920 page 729. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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