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What would another instalment of Downton look like, into the Second World War?
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Following the Second World War, the United Nations mandated the formation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The Second World War left Japan devastated, but the seven-year occupation that followed inevitably fostered exposure and, for some, a certain attraction to American culture.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Their origin story can be traced back to the Second World War, when Irishman Nathan Clark was serving with the British Eighth Army and noticed its officers wearing simple, ankle-height suede boots mounted on chunky crepe soles made from natural rubber.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Following the Second World War, the United Nations mandated the formation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The Second World War left Japan devastated, but the seven-year occupation that followed inevitably fostered exposure and, for some, a certain attraction to American culture.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Their origin story can be traced back to the Second World War, when Irishman Nathan Clark was serving with the British Eighth Army and noticed its officers wearing simple, ankle-height suede boots mounted on chunky crepe soles made from natural rubber.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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