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= Solution

The polynomial $X^3-2$ is Eisenstein over $\mathbb Q_2$, hence irreducible. Its discriminant is $-108=36(-3)$, and $-3\equiv5\pmod8$ is not a square in $\mathbb Q_2$. Therefore its splitting field has Galois group $S_3\cong D_6$.

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