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The film set during the Second World War follows a six-season series run for Peaky Blinders, with Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory, Tom Hardy and Joe Cole leading the big screen cast.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Two other sides set their record runs before the Second World War, Burnley across 1920 and 1921 and West Ham over 1922 and 1923.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of unexploded aerial bombs from the Second World War remain buried across Germany.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Jews came from Europe in the early 20th century, before the Second World War, during and after the war.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Two other sides set their record runs before the Second World War, Burnley across 1920 and 1921 and West Ham over 1922 and 1923.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of unexploded aerial bombs from the Second World War remain buried across Germany.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Jews came from Europe in the early 20th century, before the Second World War, during and after the war.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Second World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Second%20World%20War. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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