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Special Operations Executive - A Celebration

As part of its month of remembrance, the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film ‘Carve her Name with Pride’.

22 November

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4 Eiffel Towers

During the siege of Sebastopol the British fired about 10,000 tonnes of iron shot; the French fired 510,000 round shot, 236,000 howitzer shells and 350,000 mortar shells – a total of around 43,000 tonnes of iron! About the same weight as 4 Eiffel Towers.

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