How the Allies won WW2
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This summer it's 80 years since the greatest conflict in human history came to an end. To mark the anniversary, the military historian, author and broadcaster James Holland has co-written a book that tells the story of the final moments of The Second World War through the Axis surrenders that brought the conflict to a close. In this episode James revisits these dramatic episodes in the company of Rob Attar.
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United States
How we are today. inserting ourselves into foreign wars as articulation point for super power. simultaneously absorbing the displaced from all this as refugees and migrants. RIP great Britain .