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Her last single, 'I Love This Land', was released to mark the end of the Falklands War. She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the United Kingdom and the United States, and recording such hits as 'Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart' and her UK number-one single 'My Son, My Son'. The songs most associated with her include 'We'll Meet Again', '(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover', 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' and 'There'll Always Be an England'. She is honorifically known as the 'Forces' Sweetheart', having given outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (1917–2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War.

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