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The History Hour: The final days of Sri Lanka's civil war

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The final days of Sri Lanka's civil war

18/05/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The final days of Sri Lanka's civil war

The last battles of a brutal conflict plus how the Nazis stole children.

The last battles in a brutal conflict, the Nazis' stolen children, predicting the global economic crash, China's One Child policy and  building the Karakoram Highway.

In May 2009 the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil Tigers, ending a brutal 25-year civil war; also, the economists who predicted the 2008 global economic crash, plus the Nazis' stolen children, a victim of China's One Child policy, and the building of the great Karakoram Highway.

Photo: Tamil civilians standing on the roadside after crossing to a government-controlled area 2kms from the front-line, 2009 (Getty Images)

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