278: The War At Sea '41 Pt. 16 - The End of the Surface Raiders
History of the Second World War

278: The War At Sea '41 Pt. 16 - The End of the Surface Raiders

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202624 min
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News of Bismarck's sinking brings celebration in London, but the sailors struggling in the cold Atlantic face a desperate fight for survival. This episode examines the rescue effort, the Royal Navy's reckoning with the loss of Hood, the German leadership's response to the failed operation, and how the destruction of Bismarck helped bring the era of German surface raiding in the Atlantic to an end. Credit Logo Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/3331881750/in/album-72157623232407924 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War, episode 278, War at Sea 41, Part 16, The End of the Surface Raiders. This week a big thank you goes out to Mark Ellis for the donation on Buy Me a Coffee

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The May 27, 1941 sitting of the House of Commons in London would be a historic one. The members were meeting in Church House, not in the Houses of Parliament due to bomb damage that had occurred two weeks earlier. Churchill would give an overview of the Royal Navy's operations against the Bismarck over

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