U-Boats vs The Royal Navy | WW2 Historians React to Original Footage
June 21, 2026
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WW2 historians James Holland & Al Murray are aboard the iconic warship HMS Belfast, watching extraordinary WW2 archive footage of the U-boat menace and the Battle of the Atlantic From the terrifying early successes of the German U-boat fleet to the Royal Navy's technological innovations and hard-fought victories that eventually turned the tide, they reveal how the Allies overcame one of the greatest allied threats of the war. Through remarkable archive footage and the story of HMS Belfast herself, they explore the campaign that kept Britain alive and made Allied victory possible.
Watching The War is a new WW2 documentary series produced in partnership with the Imperial War Museums (IWM). Filmed on location on HMS Belfast and drawing on original WW2 footage from the IWM archives, this military history series explores the Royal Navy at war through the eyes of those who fought it.
📽️ You can watch the original wartime reels featured in this episode, along with thousands more, in the Imperial War Museums’ online archive
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