Britain at Sea

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2014-06-20

  21st Century

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 War has seen major changes in Britain and the Royal Navy: in m... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-19

  Falklands

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy in the Falklands War. Lord West travels to the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, home of the Fleet Air Arm, to explain the vital importance of air power in winning the Falklands War. He visits the memorial ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-18

  North Atlantic

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 on the North Atlantic. And Lord West returns to North Norway to... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-17

  Sky, Surf and Undersea

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 RAF and the Royal Navy exchanged blows in the corridors of Whiteh... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-16

  Decolonisation

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 Valletta he describes life in the Royal Navy in the 1950s and 1... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-13

  Early Cold War

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 in the mid-1960s, East Asia was a key focus during the early Co... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-12

  Whitehall Warriors

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 1945, including big pay rises, improved food and conditions of ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-11

  Pacific Horrors

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 powerful battlefleet in its history. But by then the tide had turned ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-10

  Mediterranean Challenges

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 commanded an entire theatre of war from the bridge of a ship. It p... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2014-06-09

  Battles for Britain

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 during the Second World War. In a chilly fjord in northern ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author