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Released:
Apr 2, 2020
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This episode features military historian Douglas Gill who has extensively researched the origins of the Spanish Influenza as it emerged in 1915 and 1916 in northern France. Douglas has worked alongside leading virologist, and previous guest on Dan's podcast, John Oxford, to track the initial cases of this particularly violent strain of influenza which would go on to kill millions of people across the globe. For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, including our new in depth documentary about the bombing war featuring James Holland and other historians, please signup to www.HistoryHit.TV Use code 'pod1' at checkout for your first month free and the following month for just £/$1. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Apr 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
30 Years since the Kurdish Uprising: In the aftermath of the First Gulf War, groups rose up against Saddam Hussein's regime in a bid to win independence with devastating consequences for the Kurds of Northern Iraq. Operation Haven was launched to save the Kurds. by Dan Snow's History Hit