Episode 7.9 China and the Korean War

In this episode I will tell of the rule of Mao over China following the Communist victory in the civil war to his death.  It was a very bloody period with millions of Chinese dying during this time.  Purges would be a regular event. 

This is a special one off tribute to Queen Elizabeth the Second who died in September.  It tells of her life and the British armed forces which she commanded from 1952 to 1965, when British troops, sailors and airmen were active in fighting in several parts of the world. 

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