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The Soccer War

Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary by BBC

Nov 3, 201718:27Society & Culture

In this week’s tale Buncey takes us back to June 1969 where a football match between Honduras and El Salvador ended up in two nations going to war.

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The Soccer War is an episode from Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary by BBC. In this week’s tale Buncey takes us back to June 1969 where a football match between Honduras and El Salvador ended up in two nations going to war. The episode was...

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