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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Afternoon Reading"

Roundup

8-19-05

Reporting the War, 5th of 5

Anthony Howell reads extracts from Australian-born Alan Moorehead's despatches -- including an account of Field Marshal Montgomery taking the German surrender. BBC Paris Correspondent Allan Little selects and introduces some of the best writing from journalists who reported on World War II.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Afternoon Reading"