How The Largest Surviving WW2 Military Base Was Shut Down | Camp Bastion

Camp Bastion, a fortress, built to fight the Taliban. For eight years the powerhouse for UK and US military operations in Afghanistan. Now, Britain’s biggest military base since WWII is closing. A town the size of Reading with a massive infrastructure – airport, hospital, fast food restaurants – is...

47 min - War & Military - Spark

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