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Britain's World War Two crime wave

Britain's World War Two crime wave

FromThe History Hour


Britain's World War Two crime wave

FromThe History Hour

ratings:
Length:
50 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

During times of crisis in the UK, World War Two is often remembered as a period when the country rallied together to fight a common enemy. But as Simon Watts finds out from the BBC archives, there was a crime wave during the war years, with a massive increase in looting and black marketeering. Also in the programme, the first 3D printers, plus a black policeman recalls the 1980 Miami riots, Hong Kong's city within a city and explaining autism.

PHOTO: A government poster from World War Two (Getty Images)
Released:
May 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.