172. The Falklands War: Afterlife (Part 4)

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📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we journey to the year 1982 and explore the Falklands War, a conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campa ...  Afficher plus

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