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🗓️ 5 April 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Truth, rumour, conspiracy? Gill Bennett OBE had the job of sorting fact from fiction as chief historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. During over thirty years as a historian at Whitehall, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In this conversation with James, Gill takes us through the biggest conspiracies of the World Wars.
Her book can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Zinoviev-Letter-Conspiracy-that-Never/dp/0198767307
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0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
0:06.0 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent, |
0:10.7 | Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
0:13.1 | All right. |
0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
0:22.8 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel |
0:27.4 | with us. P and O'Ferees, there is another way. |
0:30.0 | Hello, welcome to the history hit Warfare Podcast. I'm your host James Rogers, and in this |
0:37.2 | episode, I'm really excited to say we've got Jill Bennett OBE on the podcast. |
0:42.0 | Jill was chief historian of the British Foreign Office. |
0:45.0 | She's advised 12 foreign secretaries under six Prime Ministers, |
0:50.0 | and she advised them on the history behind their important policy decisions and the major world events during her time there. |
0:57.0 | She was also the person that a government would go to when it needs to find out the truth behind a rumor or a conspiracy. |
1:04.8 | That's the sort of job that I want. |
1:06.0 | You get to find out all the state secrets. |
1:08.9 | So we couldn't resist to get her on the podcast and talk about some of the most |
1:11.9 | enthralling conspiracies that she worked on, especially |
1:15.4 | those that have endured from the First and Second World Wars. We even talk a little bit about some |
1:20.1 | Nazi gold. So here is Jill Bennett OBE on conspiracy theories, myths and |
1:25.7 | intrigue from the World Wars. Jill, thank you so much for taking the time to come on the warfare |
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