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14 - 17 September 1939
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15th August: The Greatest Day
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Britain Under Fire
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Warsaw Uprising
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Using the sewer system
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Cichociemni – the Silent Unseen
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Propaganda: The Dark Art
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Second Wave: Japan’s Follow-Up Strike
Was the Second Wave a Failure?
USS Oklahoma: The Ship That Capsized
Attack on Ford Island Naval Base
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16 Days to Die
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Fall Guy: Husband E. Kimmel
The Failure of the Air Defences
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