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World War Two African victory and 'Kai Tak heart attack'

The History Hour

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The Warsaw Ghetto

It's 80 years since the Allies declared victory in North Africa. It was a decisive moment that paved the way for the Nazis to be defeated. Josephine McDermott has been listening to the memories of 103-year-old Peter Royal, who was a British Army captain in the Royal Artillery. He describes being shot at from 600 yards by German machine gunners.

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