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This week in the War, 7–13 February 1944: Death of Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri

This week in the war, Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri was killed on the night of 7/8 February 1944 during an Allied bombing raid on Florence. She and her husband were running from her house to the air raid shelter in … Continue reading

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