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Feb 2023
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Stephen Ambrose on 1943 and America’s Na...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Ambrose shares a WWII story beginning in January of 1943 with the Soviet victory over the Nazis at Stalingrad and ending with the Allied resolution of Unconditional Surrender.

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