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The Rest Is History

22. Weird Wars

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

History

4.626.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Rest is History brings you the top ten strangest conflicts of all time. Obscure, little-known, downright strange. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland choose five each.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of the REST is History is sponsored by the Financial Times.

0:07.4

Now Tom, it's fair to say that we're living in pretty challenging times,

0:10.6

but there's very good news because the FT can help you make sense of global issues

0:15.6

like geopolitics, inflation, tech, climate change, and more.

0:20.1

Now, their writing investigates the different and often pretty unexpected ways

0:25.6

that different stories interconnect to have an impact on your life, Tom, and the world around you in Brixton.

0:32.3

It is also very important to remember that the Financial Times isn't actually just about

0:37.2

financial news or even political news. It actually covers an incredibly diverse range of subject.

0:43.2

In fact, you know Dominic what I was reading just the other day. It was their best history books

0:47.9

of 2022 list. And I noticed that it included Paul Corners book on Mussolini and Italian fascism.

0:53.2

Plus Emily Grebel's book, Mussolini's and the Making of Modern Europe, both of which are subjects

0:58.4

that we covered on the podcast last year, no less. Did they include the Avengers in Time,

1:02.8

Children's History series and their history books of the year? I think I would have remembered

1:06.4

if it had. But for many listeners, Dominic, that may well be a selling point. And the great news

1:12.0

is that as well as being very, very, very good, they have a special offer exclusively for REST

1:17.3

is history listeners. So all you have to do is to visit ft.com slash rest to read free articles, Tom,

1:26.4

free. And what's more, you'll get 50% off an annual digital subscription. That's ft.com forward slash

1:33.9

r-e-s-t. This is a paid advertisement from Better Help. That's on. We have all heard about the

1:45.9

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1:52.0

to dissipate and real life comes flooding back. Yeah, when you're at your best, you can of course

1:57.5

do brilliant things, but you can't be at the top of your game all the time. And working with a

2:02.9

therapist can get you closer to the best version of you. Because when you feel empowered,

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