Apr 2020

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The Killing Fields of Provence w/ James ...

NOAH TETZNER

About this episode

Today I chat with historian, James Bourhill about the story of Provence during the Second World War.

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The Killing Fields of Provence: Occupation, Resistance and Liberation in the South of France

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