6. Battles for Britain
Admiral Lord West鈥檚 history of the Royal Navy in the 20th century: Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. From 2014.
Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, from early fights in Norway to the Battle of the Atlantic.
And he shows how the Royal Navy saved Britain from invasion during the Second World War.
In a chilly fjord in northern Norway he explains how a battle in April 1940 helped saved Britain from invasion later that summer, while in northern France he looks out from the top of a Nazi-era submarine pen and imagines how the prospects envisaged by the German U-boat aces must have changed during the course of the war.
Producer: Giles Edwards
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in June 2014.
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In making this programme Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones's book "The Royal Navy and the Arctic Convoys" has been particularly helpful. There are dozens of good books on the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Mon 9 Jun 2014 13:45大象传媒 Radio 4- Mon 6 May 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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Britain at Sea
Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.
