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World War II: Royal Navy Goes Down-1941–42
Year
2015
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Written By
Gregory S. Aldrete
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
Examine two of the worst naval disasters in the Britain's history, the causes of which include both grossly underestimating and overestimating the enemy: the sinking of the Royal Navy's most technologically sophisticated battleship by Japanese bombers in December 1941 and the destruction of merchant ships in Convoy PQ 17 by Germans in July 1942.