Battle of the Atlantic

Name: Battle of the Atlantic
Director: Andrew Williams
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2002-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Bill Paterson

Explores the desperate struggle for survival on a hostile ocean during the longest and bloodiest battle of the Second World War.

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Created By

Andrew Williams

Status

Ended

Original Name

Battle of the Atlantic

First Air Date

July 7, 2002

Last Air Date

July 21, 2002

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC BBC Film

Networks

BBC Two

S01E03

The Hunted

In the first three years of war, German U-boats threatened to starve Britain into submission, but by the spring of 1943 the tide had turned and the hunter had become the hunted. Eyewitness testimony, archive film and reconstructions illuminate the remarkable story of how, in just months, the Allies destroyed the U-boat fleet.

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