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Vera Lynn, an Uncommon card
Dame Vera Margaret Lewis, known professionally as Vera Lynn, was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were popular during World War II.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography wrote of Lynn, "Her reassuring voice and mastery of radio made her the forces' sweetheart in the Second World War, a connection she fostered with her ongoing commitment to veterans and memory of the war." The songs most associated with her include "We'll Meet Again", " The White Cliffs of Dover" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square".
- Lynn 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".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vera Lynn article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Vera Lynn
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Vera Lynn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

