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English: Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won.
Deutsch: Am Tag der Bekanntgabe des Sieges über Nazi-Deutschland winkt Churchill in Whitehall der Menge zu.
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