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Step back in time and hear real life stories from 1945 with the National Memorial Arboretum's new program,

the year was 1945.

Marking 80 years since the end of World War II, the program opens with a weekend of VE Day

celebrations on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May, featuring live performances and more.

Plus, you can join exhibitions, commemorative services, talks and tours of the Arboretum

stunning 150-acre grounds throughout the year too. Designed for all ages, the year was 1945, is perfect for reflecting and making new memories with your loved ones.

Plan your visit today at the nma.org.uk slash 1945.

Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.

Between the 1870s and the First World War,

European colonialists set their sights on Africa,

making territorial land grabs that consumed nearly the entire continent.

To find out more about how this so-called Scramble for Africa played out, and to explore its

immense impact on Africa and its peoples, I spoke to Richard Reed, Professor of African

History at the University of Oxford, and the author of The African Revolution, A Long

History of the 19th Century. Thanks for joining me, Richard, to talk today about the Scramble for Africa.

Before we go any further, let's start with that term itself.

What do we mean by the Scramble for Africa?

So this is the term that's used to describe the European partition of the continent,

which conventionally is regarded as

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