Monday, May 12, 2025
Sink the Bismark!
The past really is a different country - The lead character is introduced and asks that a WRN is not to be addressed by her christian name.
Anyway the RN campaign to intercept and sink the Bismark.
I have been interested by this story since I saw the Extra History video about it
This is very dated no mention of Bletchley Park- Enigma. No mention of the Polish destroyer, or the American Catalina
You get a sense of the sheer wealth lost and destroyed in WW2. There are scenes of the battleships Prince of Wales, and King George loading their guns. In Bletchley there is a computer.
Its a nice Easter egg for James Bond fans-to realise that's M
Its frailer world. The torpedo bombers look so flimsy- The Bridge staffed by men in duffelcoats. The flight crew who must have been near dead of thirst The poor doomed civilian workers on the Hood. Working on Turbines in suits, and triblys Oh and 20000 men in a convey left defenceless to booster the home fleet. A football stadium of people, wtih wives, and children and parents and friends
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