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WW2 legacies and Magna Carta: history behind the headlines

WW2 legacies and Magna Carta: history behind the headlines

Update: 2025-06-022
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In the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, historians Rana Mitter and Hannah Skoda explore the ways the Second World War continues to shape the world of today. Plus the medieval manuscripts hitting the headlines, and an express history of rail nationalisation.




The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.

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WW2 legacies and Magna Carta: history behind the headlines

WW2 legacies and Magna Carta: history behind the headlines

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