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The Call of the Sea: Sailors at War

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on BBC Two England

Concluding the series that looks back at life at sea for British sailors earlier this century.

One million men and women from all walks of life served in the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, and 100,000 of them died in the deadliest sea war in history. Vivid first person accounts, accompanied by extraordinary film of wartime disasters, reveal the human experiences of battle.

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BBC Book: Call of the Sea, available from bookshops in hardback, price £16.99
Polly Toynbee: page 10

Contributors

Narrator:
Tom Georgeson
Producer:
Steve Humphries
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ
Source: Radio Times

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