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Don't let's be beastly to the Germans When our Victory is ultimately won.

Noel Coward

1943

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World War II Magnanimity in war

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1943

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Noel Coward

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Coward, Noel. Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans. Warner Chappell Music, 1943.

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