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The Drama of PT109
As the American torpedo boat PT-109 patrolled in the Solomon islands on the dark night of August 2nd 1943, a Japanese destroyer loomed out of the shadows at point blank range. Before the boats captain, Lieutenant John F. Kennedy can react, there was a shattering collision. PT-109 was cut in half, scattering the crew and starting a story of survival that would make Kennedy a war hero and kickstart his postwar political ambitions.
Late September
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The 20 July Plot
At 12.42pm on July 20th 1944, a bomb exploded in the briefing room at Adolf Hitler’s ‘wolfs lair’ headquarters. Planted by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the explosion fired the starting gun on an attempt by dozens of German officers to usurp control of the state from the Nazis in Operation Valkyrie. This is the story who they were, just how close they came to success, and the price they paid for it.
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October
The Battle of Goose Green, 1982
The story of how a single British battalion overwhelmed a much larger Argentine force during the battle for the Falkland Islands.
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November