大象传媒

Ghi霉lain na h-Artaig Convoys 4 millean tunna de bhathar cogaidh riatanach 脿 Breatainn dhan Ruis airson na Ruiseanaich a chuideachadh nan str矛 an aghaidh Hitler, iomairt a bha air leth cudromach mar ph脿irt den d脿rna cogadh. Seo agad slighe a dh'ainmich Winston Churchill mar 'An t-slighe bu mhiosa san t-saoghal'.

Bha iomadh se貌ladair 貌g nan l霉ib, agus chaochail c貌rr is 3 m矛le fear 貌g ann an uisgeachan re貌thte ceann a tuath a' Chuain Shiair 's iad fo ionnsaigh throm gun t脿mh bho na Gearmailtich. Cha deach an cuid fhearalais a-riamh aithneachadh ge-t脿.

Aig aon 矛re, 's e seo an sgeulachd air nach eil fios aig m貌ran mu mar a bha Loch I霉bh ann an taobh siar Rois aig teis meadhan aon de na h-iomairtean a bu chudromaiche agus neo-aithnichte anns an d脿rna cogadh.

Aig 矛re eile, cuairt dhr霉idhteach phearsanta aon bhoireannaich, Davina Matthews, 's i a' feuchainn faighinn a-mach d猫 d矛reach a thachair dha br脿thair a m脿thar, Daibhidh. Chaidh Daibhidh a bha na ghn矛omhaiche r猫ideir air an HMS Achates a mharbhadh nuair a th脿inig an convoy anns an robh iad fo ionnsaigh soitheach Ghearmailtich. Seachdad bliadhna as d猫idh sin, tha an teaghlach fhathast a' sireadh an fhios a bheir fois dhaibh.

The World War Two Arctic Convoys carried four million tonnes of vital supplies and ammunition from the UK to Russia to aid Russian allies in their fight against Hitler. Over 3000 men lost their lives in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, as they came under relentless bombardment from the Germans. Yet their bravery has never been recognised.

This is the story of how Loch Ewe, in Wester Ross, was at the centre of what was one of the most important campaigns in the war.