Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1940 (WW2 Documentary)

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In the summer of 1940, Great Britain is under attack in the air and at sea. German U-Boat wolf packs prowl the Atlantic and sink over a million tons of shipping. German skippers call this the “happy time” — but was the German Navy actually that successful early in the Battle of the Atlantic?

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Woodman, Richard, The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion, (Annapolis, MD : Naval Insitute Press, 2008)


»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander
Director: Toni Steller
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Toni Steller
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Research by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig
Fact checking: Florian Wittig
Executive Producer: Florian Wittig

Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster

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