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Feeding the Bear

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1941 British crews braved U-boat-infested waters to supply Russia via the beleaguered ports of Murmansk and Archangel. Yet this August, while Russia feted the men who had played such a crucial role in its history, in Britain their unique contribution to the war effort was still without the validation of a campaign medal. BBC Northern
Ireland correspondent and military historian Kevin Connolly asks Tony Benn MP and others whose service we will decide to remember in the 21st century and who will make that decision. Producers Simon Binns and Sally Brewer

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Connolly
Unknown:
Tony Benn
Producers:
Simon Binns
Producers:
Sally Brewer

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