Myth and propaganda

The Spectator | May 21, 2005| | Copyright

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In his new Radio Four history series, The Things We Forgot to Remember (Monday), Michael Portillo tries to show how much myth and propaganda there is surrounding certain historic events and how it can overshadow other equally important occasions. He began by questioning the significance of the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 compared with that of the British naval sinking of the French fleet at its Mers-el-Kebir naval base near the Algerian port of Oran at about the same time. The Battle of Britain, fought by the Few, part of the popular imagination; the destruction of warships ...

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