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Six Triple Eight: The battalion of black women erased from history

2023-07-05 08:57
The members of the 6888th battalion are beginning to get recognition almost 80 years on.
Six Triple Eight: The battalion of black women erased from history

The story of a World War Two battalion of black women who came to England to solve a postal crisis has been hidden for decades, but they are starting to get the recognition they deserve. The BBC spoke to some of their relatives about the unit known as Six Triple Eight.

In 1945, as war continued...