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The Things We Forgot to Remember: The Battle of Mers-el-Kebir

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1/4. Michael Portillo revisits moments in history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance.

Churchill's rhetoric and its powerful images made the Battle of Britain unforgettable - but should our understanding of this country's salvation from invasion pay more attention to events thousands of miles away in an Algerian port, where the British Navy killed 1,500 of its former ally's seamen in just one day?

(Michael Portillo and the spin on history: page 119)

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Presenter:
Michael Portillo
Producer:
Philip Sellars
Source: Radio Times

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