2.09 - Remembrance Day Special with Jesse Alexander

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how did it come to this?

Daniel Mattes and Siobhan Dougherty

34 episodes

6 months ago

Each fortnight we will take a current news item and look at the historical context and ask one simple question: how did it come to this?Contact us at: howdiditcometothispodcast@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hdicttpodcast/Twitter: @hdicttpodcasthttps://www.podchaser.com/howdiditcometothis

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2.09 - Remembrance Day Special with Jesse Alexander

how did it come to this?

54 minutes 28 seconds

3 years ago

2.09 - Remembrance Day Special with Jesse Alexander

On this special Remembrance Day episode of how did it come to this? with special guest Jesse Alexander from the Great War Youtube Channel. From Australia to Ypres, from Canada to Vimy Ridge WWI has always been an event that has loomed large in our national consciousness. What do Australia, Canada and WWI have in common? Is there a right way to commemorate conflict? Why do we put Anzac Day above Remembrance Day? Could WWI have been avoided? Should politicians censor historical discussions? And ultimately, how did it come to this?

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