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After the war, produced by Julian Hendy, John Hayes Fisher & Tim Robinson

eng

After the war

produced by Julian Hendy, John Hayes Fisher & Tim Robinson

1. Conquering Germany : looks at what happened in Germany at the end of WW2, and how the Allies tried to create a functioning democracy from the ruins of a defeated people and a defeated nation. It also reveals the untold story of mass rapes committed by Allied troops in Western Germany; the story behind the biggest jewel heist in British military history; and a chilling prisoner abuse scandal at a secret British interrogation centre in 1948. 90 mins ----- 2. Hirohito : looks at the controversial Japanese leader Emperor Hirohito. With many documents either deliberately destroyed and others held in Imperial archives, the issue of Hirohito's responsibility for Japanese war-time conduct remains shrouded in mystery. To some he was a war criminal who escaped trial, while to others the helpless puppet of a military dictatorship. 50 mins. ----- 3. Churchill's defeat : 1945 was the year of Winston Churchill's greatest victory and that of his most devastating defeat. Just weeks after VE Day, Churchill was at the centre of a bitterly-contested general election where he and his government were rejected by the British electorate. Using archive and personal testimony, this is the story of the greatest electoral upset of the 20th century. 60 mins

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