Norman_Conquest
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I've just watched this documentary narrated by Jeremy Clarkson on BBC Four and would recommend it. I am not a lover of Clarkson but he is good at getting his point over in these programmes.
I think it was recorded in 2014 but well worth a watch if you like WW2 history.
Edit: The story of PQ17, a convoy supplying Russia via the Arctic Ocean during WW2. On 27 June 1942 it set sail from Iceland with 35 merchant ships and a large escorting force. Due to indecisiveness and ineptness at the highest level, 24 of those merchant ships were sunk, a maritime disaster of monumental proportions.
I think it was recorded in 2014 but well worth a watch if you like WW2 history.
Edit: The story of PQ17, a convoy supplying Russia via the Arctic Ocean during WW2. On 27 June 1942 it set sail from Iceland with 35 merchant ships and a large escorting force. Due to indecisiveness and ineptness at the highest level, 24 of those merchant ships were sunk, a maritime disaster of monumental proportions.