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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 11 MIN

Who really hit the beach first? Why history airbrushed the Gallipoli engineers

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Forget what you thought you knew about the Gallipoli landing; it turns out the history books "airbrushed" the real first men ashore. Retired Lieutenant Colonel George Hulse revealed the untold story of the combat engineers who hit the sand before the infantry to clear a path through Turkish wire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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