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May 2024
42m 43s

157. Battleground 44' - Adolf Hitler

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In our latest instalment of our Warlords series, Saul speaks to good friend of the show expert historian and occasional co-host of Battleground Roger Moorhouse about the most infamous of all the war leaders from the Second World War - Adolf Hitler.

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