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Decisive Weapons

Series 2

Wings over the Ocean: Aircraft Carrier

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

First invented by the British during the First World War, the aircraft carrier was frowned on by traditionalists. But Japanese recognition of the carrier's potential led to the devastating 1941 attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. Show less

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