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Six Days: The 1967 Six Day War

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Six days, two thousand years ago, in a fortress high above the dead in ancient judea, time was running out. The jewish defenders were situated behind tough walls, protecting a towering plateau. And the only way for the romans to reach the top was to build a massive earthen structure hundreds of feet tall and 60 feet wide. This ramp grows inexorably slowly, a gravity defing glacier of wood and slaves and soldiers, rising higher and higher into the blue desert sky.

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