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 | | The (The capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland) Warsaw Metro (Metro Warszawskie) is one of (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe's youngest (Electric underground railway) metro systems. |
 | | In the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s, as the (A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare) Cold War raged on, Soviet strategic plans required that a secure transport link across the river Vistula be built. |
 | | Another interesting feature of the Warsaw Metro is that the whole system serves as an atomic shelter: all stations are guarded by massive gates, which can be automatically closed upon receiving an atomic alert. |
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