{"id":14363,"date":"2022-05-22T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T10:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=208577"},"modified":"2022-05-22T12:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T10:35:08","slug":"ww2s-desert-war-everything-you-wanted-to-know","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/ww2s-desert-war-everything-you-wanted-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"WW2\u2019s desert war: everything you wanted to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rob Attar\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 22 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Historian Jonathan Fennell answers listener questions on the North African campaign in the Second World War<\/a>. Speaking with Rob Attar, he discusses some of the key moments and personalities, reflects on the challenges of fighting in a desert and considers whether this theatre really was a war without hate.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/HistoryExtra20220522-3c8e7f0.mp3<\/a><\/audio>

Jonathan Fennell is the author of \u200b\u200bFighting the People\u2019s War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n