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  Western

  1939

  German soldier in Poland
  A German soldier reveals some of the terrible atrocities committed in Poland.

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  A selection of the previews of Laurence Rees' new book on Hitler and Stalin.

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  Western

  1944

  War in Italy
  The mountainous terrain of Italy proved tough going for the Allies- did the success justify the sacrifice?

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  Pacific

  1944

  Indian RAF pilot
  An Indian who volunteered to serve with the RAF during the war, Mahinder Singh Pujji’s most dangerous assignment was as commander of a reconnaissance squadron in Burma.

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  Holocaust

  1944

  USA rejects bombing of Auschwitz
  John McCloy, American Assistant Secretary of War, rejected a request received via the War Refugee Board that the railway lines to Auschwitz should be bombed.

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