🎧 Dan, Portsmouth and Aircraft Carriers
Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧
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21m
Listen to the excitement in Dan's voice as he takes us around Portsmouth and explains the history of aircraft carriers by actually going on the soon-to-be HMS Queen Elizabeth! If you love this episode half as much as Dan did, you'll have a great time and learn a lot
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