Synopsis
Secondary history series examining why WWII broke out only 20 years or so after WWI, and what led to the Holocaust. It begins with the Treaty of Versailles.
- Programme: Curriculum Bites
- Episode: International Relations
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- History
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