As we reach the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two, historian Roger Moorhouse tells the story of the 1939 battle for Poland that saw the country dismembered by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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La Belle Histoire de France du 04/09/2022
La fin des années 1930 est marqué par la montée du régime nazi, en Allemagne. La guerre se prépare, et elle sera mondiale, à nouveau. Le début du conflit, entre septembre 1939 et mai 1940, sans affrontement massif, est resté dans l'histoire comme la «drôle de guerre». Retour chro ... Show More
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The outbreak of World War Two
On September 1st 1939 German forces invaded Poland. Douglas Slocombe, a British cameraman, was there at the time and filmed the build-up to the war. In 2014 he spoke to Vincent Dowd about what he saw in Gdansk and Warsaw, before escaping from the country.This programme is a rebro ... Show More
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Love, Lust & Fighting in World War II
<p>It can be hard to comprehend the magnitude of historical events, with World War Two a prime example of this.</p><br><p>By 1945, some 3 million British people had served. As such, the rich diversity of masculinity and sexuality of those men is often reduced or hidden from the h ... Show More
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