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Re:The Code-Breaking Women Who Unmasked Soviet Spies by belorn on Sunday September 02, 2018 @09:50AM (#17896983)
A common practice after the second world was that everything got burned in order to prevent war from accidentally reigniting. Would be interesting to know how much of that practice was used after the cold war.
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Re:The Code-Breaking Women Who Unmasked Soviet Spies by DoctorOetker on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:36AM (#17897331)
it's often depicted in movies (hastily burning paperwork when the area is being invaded), but I always thought this was to destroy evidence of any war crimes.
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