It might only be tangentially relevant to the war as a whole, but the Battle for Reunion Island is not only interesting in and of itself, it serves as a microcosm for the war for the French in general. Check it out!

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell
Research by: Markus Linke
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Map animations by: Karolina Dołęga and Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
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Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Maps courtesy of David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

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London - Howard Harper-Barnes
Rememberance - Fabien Tell
Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell
Break Free - Fabien Tell
Deflection - Reynard Seidel
Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen
Last Minute Reaction - Phoenix Tail
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell

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