the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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But recognition battles are not much of a feature in Britain.
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In it, a young man battles the beer-and-fags priorities of working-class Britain to rent and paint a flat for his estranged girlfriend, who is pregnant.
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So far that has been little use in Britain, where legal battles have long delayed the auction of 4G frequencies.
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