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PRESS RELEASE | WASHINGTON NEW AND EXCLUSIVE SERIES ON HISTORY®

SUNDAYS FROM 23 AUGUST AT 20.30 (3x2hr)
Brand new and exclusive three-part mini-series only on HISTORY

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HISTORY® explores the myth, the legend and the truth behind one of the most influential men in American history, George Washington, in this brand new docu-drama. Narrated by Emmy award-winning actor Jeff Daniels and executive produced by world-renowned

Washington on HISTORY

HISTORY Highlights August 2020


ROUEN TO HIROSHIMA
Thursday 6 August at 20.30
On 6 August 1945, the B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay, piloted by Paul Tibbets, dropped the first atomic bomb used in combat over Hiroshima, Japan, bringing the Second World War to an end. But the story began three years earlier – 17 August 1942, in French skies over Rouen – when the same pilot led the first daylight bombing mission again

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