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Radio Newcastle,9 mins

The unknown story of a Second World War truce

Gilly Hope on BBC Radio Newcastle

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Newcastle University lecturer, Professor Nick Megoran, tells Gilly Hope the unknown story of a Second World War truce that took place between the Japanese and the Americans on Aka Island in the shadow of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 (Photo courtesy of Trudy Johnson)

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