Britain's World War Two crime wave
How criminals thrived in London during the Blitz, plus the first 3D printers, a black policeman recalls the 1980 Miami riots, Hong Kong's city within a city and explaining autism.
During times of crisis in the UK, World War Two is often remembered as a period when the country rallied together to fight a common enemy. But as Simon Watts finds out from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archives, there was a crime wave during the war years, with a massive increase in looting and black marketeering. Also in the programme, the first 3D printers, plus a black policeman recalls the 1980 Miami riots, Hong Kong's city within a city and explaining autism.
PHOTO: A government poster from World War Two (Getty Images)
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- Mon 25 May 2020 23:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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