EL ALAMEIN WEEK - Day 2
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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The Song of the Desert
I was lucky enough to talk to a number of desert veterans. They always said it was kind of war without hate. There was a sense I think in quiet moments in lulls in the fighting that they're all in it together. The book is based on interviews with people from both sides and Americans at British Report in North Africa. Myelena Dietrich's song 'The Song of the Desert' has been turned into a film starring Tom Hanks, David Walliams and Emma Watson.
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