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WW2: War and Words Episodes Available now
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From Hiroshima to Cold War
The annihilation of Hiroshima ends the war with Japan.
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Burma, Berlin and Belsen
The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin.
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Paris Liberated; Allied defeat at Arnhem
The defeat at Arnhem in the Netherlands is a major setback for the Allies.
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D-Day and the Liberation of Normandy
1944’s hush-hush Allied plans to invade occupied France bring success.
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Dunkirk and the Fall of Paris
The German army forces the epic retreat of Dunkirk as Paris falls to Hitler’s forces.
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The Phoney War
WW2 begins quietly with little actual fighting: telling the story of ‘the Phoney War’.
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The Spanish Civil War and beyond
The 1930s drumbeat of war through the burgeoning reporting skills of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's reporters.