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The British Army on Film - We Have Ways Festival 2023

Ep. 148

We recently gave a talk at the fantastic 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk' podcast Festival, after doing 2 quizzes at previous events. This year we gave a talk on depictions of the British Army on Film during the Second World War. From Dunkirk to the Far East we talked Niven and Mills. Piats and Panthers. Join us and listen to our talk in full.

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