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World War Two

David Reynolds re-examines the war leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt.

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The British fought the Second World War to defeat Hitler. This film asks why, then, did they spend so much of the conflict battling through North Africa and Italy?
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Marking the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, historian Professor David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the life and death struggle between Germany and Russia in World War Two, which, he argues, was ultimately more critical for British survival than 'Our Finest Hour' in the Battle of B...
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David Reynolds asks why Britain spent much of the war fighting in North Africa and Italy.
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