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Episode 209, the battle before Britain part one, electronic tripwires.

If you have not yet, you should go back and listen to the season introduction episode that released yesterday. It talks about the upcoming

episodes and how the Battle of Britain series will be broken down into several mini-series.

It also has good information about what you can expect from the next year or so of the

podcast. Also, since this marks the beginning of a new season, and I just take a bit of a break,

the new member list is a bit lengthy this episode. So thank you to Skyler, Kieran, Melissa, Ben,

Jack, David, Ian, Dallas, Tyler, Science and Honor, Max, David,

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and to Kevin, Lewis, Bono, and longtime supporter of the podcast, Philip, for their donations.

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Even before the armistice came into effect on June 22nd and France exited from its active participation

in the war, the British were faced with a question, what were they supposed to do moving forward?

They had entered the war as part of a coalition

against Germany, with France and Britain jointly entering the conflict due to the German

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