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due to World War 2 security reasons were cited concerning athletes , and hence commonwealth games were not held in world war 2

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Why weren't the commonwealth games on during the 1st or 2nd World Wars?

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Why wasn't the commonwealth games held between 1938 and 1950?

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Why were there no commonwealth games in 1942 and 1946?

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Why games were not held in Olympics games?

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Why was the olympic games not held in world war 2?

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Where was the 1916 olympic games?

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Why were there no Olympic games during World War 1 and World War 2?

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What country of the Commonwealth entered World War 2 first?

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Why wernt the Olympics held in 1944?

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Where was the summer Olympics at but canceled because of World War I?

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