Empire: World History · 2025-05-21 · 40 min · 7,455 words

257. Churchill, FDR, & Mind Games at Yalta (Ep 2)

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Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnhem. And me, William Durrample. Can I just ask you a question? You could ask any question as long as it's not inappropriate. No, we're saving that one for later.

Um, I want to know why it is that in the middle of Britain's greatest heat wave You're wrapped up like a baton truck driver in layers. What is wrong with you? It's hot. I've been up since six o'clock this morning preparing for this epic broadcast.

Oh yes. And reading, and reading with huge pleasure Sergei Plochy's Yalta book, which is sitting beside me. And it's actually quite cold in the Garden of Six. I got a bit of a chill. So although it's a heat wave, I've got my Northwest Frontier.

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