Post by Admin on Dec 5, 2013 13:06:31 GMT -5
PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster:
News from the BBC Media Centre:
From Russia to the freezing Arctic Ocean, Jeremy Clarkson tells the dramatic story of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War.
Together with moving first-hand testimony from the men who served on these convoys, Clarkson reveals the incredible hazards faced by members of the Merchant and Royal Navy who delivered vital war supplies via the Arctic to the Soviet Union. They included temperatures of -50 degrees, huge icebergs, colossal waves, not to mention German U-boats and the Luftwaffe. It’s no wonder that Churchill described the Arctic Convoys as ‘the worst journey in the world'.
Thursday 2 January
9.00-10.00pm
BBC TWO
LINK
News from the BBC Media Centre:
From Russia to the freezing Arctic Ocean, Jeremy Clarkson tells the dramatic story of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War.
Together with moving first-hand testimony from the men who served on these convoys, Clarkson reveals the incredible hazards faced by members of the Merchant and Royal Navy who delivered vital war supplies via the Arctic to the Soviet Union. They included temperatures of -50 degrees, huge icebergs, colossal waves, not to mention German U-boats and the Luftwaffe. It’s no wonder that Churchill described the Arctic Convoys as ‘the worst journey in the world'.
Thursday 2 January
9.00-10.00pm
BBC TWO
LINK