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Week three Deceiving the Nazis . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Week four Launching Operation Overlord

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German tank at the battle of Kursk, 1943. (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
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The 1943 battle of Kursk: was it the biggest tank battle in history?

Henry Cavill as Gus March-Phillipps in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
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Is The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare based on a true story? The audacious real history of Operation Postmaster

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