How the Allies won WW2

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This summer it's 80 years since the greatest conflict in human history came to an end. To mark the anniversary, the military historian, author and broadcaster James Holland has co-written a book that tells the story of the final moments of The Second World War through the Axis surrenders that brought the conflict to a close. In this episode James revisits these dramatic episodes in the company of Rob Attar. (Ad) James Holland is the author of Victory '45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders (Bantam, 2025). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fvictory-45%2Fjames-holland%2Fal-murray%2F2928377317966. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.2	Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.
1:28.4	This summer, it's 80 years since the greatest conflict in human history came to an end.
1:35.1	To mark the anniversary, the military historians and podcasters James Holland and Al Murray
1:40.1	have written a new book that tells the story of the final moments of the Second World War,
1:46.0	through the access surrenders that brought the conflict to a close.
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