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Silk dress made from Second World War escape and evade maps

National War Museum · Old Town

Maps: Memories from the Second World War

Now showing9 March 2024 – 4 October 2026·Free

How WWII military maps became personal keepsakes: silk escape-and-evade maps, aerial photography, war diaries and a dress made from escape maps. Final weeks.

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