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25 Jul 2024

Ep 15 – WW2 Media & Mythmaking Part 2 – A Global Perspective on How History Is Shaped

Part two of WW2 Media and Mythmaking: how the Netherlands, the UK and the US each shape their own version of the war on screen, and why it matters.

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12 Jul 2024

Ep 13 – WW2 Media & Mythmaking Part 1 – Dissecting the Messages We Consume

WW2 Media and Mythmaking, part one: how do WWII films and series create myths? We look at them from different national and gender perspectives.

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Women in WW2

SOE agents, nurses, war correspondents and the home front: the films and series about women's war.

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WW2 in the Pacific

From Pearl Harbor to the island battles and the prisoner-of-war camps, on screen and in the history books.

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SAS Rogue Heroes

Every season review, plus the military adviser, actors and costume designer who joined us.

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Eighth Air Force

Twelve O'Clock High, Memphis Belle and Masters of the Air: the bomber crews over Europe, checked against history.

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The Netherlands in WW2

The Hunger Winter, hiding Jewish families, Black Book and Arnhem: the Dutch war on screen.

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Hanks and Spielberg Series

Band of Brothers, The Pacific and Masters of the Air, plus the people who made them.

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