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Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.
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21st Century from 2014-06-20T12:59
In the final part of his history of the Royal Navy in the twentieth century, Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy since the end of the Cold War.
The period since the end of the Cold...
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North Atlantic from 2014-06-18T12:59
Lord West tells the story of how Britain and the Royal Navy came to focus heavily on the North Atlantic in the late Cold War.
During his time in the Royal Navy, the focus was very largely ...
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Sky, Surf and Undersea from 2014-06-17T12:59
Lord West tells the story of how the Royal Navy lost its aircraft carriers but gained the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent.
The 1960s were a time of intense inter-service rivalry. The RA...
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Decolonisation from 2014-06-16T12:59
Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's role in Britain's withdrawal from empire.
Travelling to Malta, he explains the Navy's central role in Maltese independence. Strolling through ...
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Early Cold War from 2014-06-13T12:59
Lord West describes how the Royal Navy fought a series of conflicts in East Asia during the early Cold War.
From the Amethyst Incident in China in 1949 to the confrontation with Indonesia ...
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Whitehall Warriors from 2014-06-12T12:59
Lord West explains how Britain, and the Royal Navy, adjusted to dramatically straitened circumstances after the Second World War.
He describes the dramatic social changes that began after ...
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Pacific Horrors from 2014-06-11T07:03
Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy in the Pacific during the Second World War.
Initially beaten, the Royal Navy fought back, and by the end of the war had deployed the most powerf...
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Mediterranean Challenges from 2014-06-10T12:59
Lord West travels to Malta to tell the story of the Royal Navy's incredibly difficult war in the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945.
The Mediterranean war was the last time an Admiral com...
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Battles for Britain from 2014-06-09T12:59
Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, from early fights in Norway to the Battle of the Atlantic. And he shows how the Royal Navy saved Britain from invasion du...
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Inter-War Trouble from 2014-06-06T12:59
Lord West explores the Royal Navy's three battles between the wars: with a new department in Whitehall, with communists in Russia, and with the Navy's oldest foe - the Treasury.
The First ...
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The Navy Wins from 2014-06-05T12:59
Lord West looks at how the Royal Navy won the First World War.
The Royal Navy's role in winning the conflict has often been overlooked - drowned out by the new and savage reality of indust...
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War Begins from 2014-06-04T12:59
Lord West looks at the Royal Navy's strategy for winning the First World War, and how in the early years of the war it failed to bring its might to bear.
The First World War represented a ...
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New Technology from 2014-06-03T12:59
Lord West looks at how a revolution in naval technology transformed ideas of warfare, contributed to the arms race and laid the foundations for victory in the First World War.
During the e...
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New Century from 2014-06-02T12:59
Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the twentieth century, when through political, social, technological and economic turmoil, the Navy's fortunes mirrored those of Britai...
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