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The Battle of Atlantic: 80 years on

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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What's It Going to Do to History?

i don't think there'll be any let up in the interest. It is very hard for a historian to contradict a veteran wth thatthat, that or aclly. They're not always right. I was lucky enough to meet sam bradshaw and albert martin when i was doing book on north africa. Both had kept diaries, which they very kindly let me look at. There's no shortage of voices off india now - you know teh yeali? You were two years away from being able to say 'I'm sorry about what happened' but it doesn't really matter because your life has already been taken by other people who are better than you

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