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History TV and radio: what’s on next week (21-26 April 2018)

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The long shadow of Adolf Hitler

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The Jews who fought back: the story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line

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In pictures: 100 years of the Royal Air Force

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The battle for Okinawa: one Marine’s story

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Creating the SAS

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Q&A: Are any laws made by the Nazi regime still in use?

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5 myths of the Second World War’s Great Escape

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The Third Reich’s nuclear programme: Churchill’s greatest wartime fear

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