For this Californian it was my father who served in WW2. Conscripted as a teenager in college, 2 purple hearts, he was one of the soldiers who liberated the victims at Dachau, a Jew himself. Dad learned the German language in Germany to become an interpreter for the army at that time. In 1967, on a summer trip in Europe, he introduced his family to Annie and her family who he met while serving in Bavaria.
One of my great (but petty) regrets is that I didn't buy a copy of The Cruel Sea from a second-hand book stall years ago. It was a hardback edition, and special because pasted on the inside cover was a typed letter from a German lady whose brother had fought and died in the German navy during the war, and she said how moving she'd found the book in telling the story of sailors at war. Evidently she wanted future readers of the book to appreciate its truth - I can only hope that copy ended up in good hands.
They thought they were fighting for a good cause and without them and millions of men like them Hitler would have won. My Dad spent 2 years in hospital recovering from his war wounds. He was the kindest and best man I ever met and I will always miss him. He died on the 4 th July 2017 aged 93. War stinks but ask the Ukrainians if they think they don't need brave Ukrainians to defend their country against the evil Putin
This was such an immersive story. One of the best radio dramas I've listened to
One of my favourite Books, A Great Film, And I had high Hopes for this Production.
It is very satisfying, well preformed, and true to the story.
Absolutely brilliant thank you❤
Brilliant play, lest we forget our grandfather's or great grandfather's, normal working men brave beyond belief .
For this Californian it was my father who served in WW2. Conscripted as a teenager in college, 2 purple hearts, he was one of the soldiers who liberated the victims at Dachau, a Jew himself. Dad learned the German language in Germany to become an interpreter for the army at that time. In 1967, on a summer trip in Europe, he introduced his family to Annie and her family who he met while serving in Bavaria.
@@doreekaplan2589As a Brit whose father fought alongside Canadians and Yanks I am eternally grateful for your country's support in WW2 , thank you.
All totally pointless though
Jack "Commodore Norrington" Davenport in a naval drama? Yes please!!
Wonderful book. Movie. and this.
One of my great (but petty) regrets is that I didn't buy a copy of The Cruel Sea from a second-hand book stall years ago. It was a hardback edition, and special because pasted on the inside cover was a typed letter from a German lady whose brother had fought and died in the German navy during the war, and she said how moving she'd found the book in telling the story of sailors at war. Evidently she wanted future readers of the book to appreciate its truth - I can only hope that copy ended up in good hands.
THANKS M.M
theres an aussie band of that name....thats why i am listening.
Is "number 1" a rank?
No, but it is an informal acknowledgement of rank.
1 LISTENING...
AND FOR ALL THE GOOD IT DID THEM THEY MIGHT AS WELL STAYED AT HOME....1945
So much of war is a failure. We just see the Hollywood versions of heroic stuff
Ahhhh, are you gonna whine about immigration 😅
They thought they were fighting for a good cause and without them and millions of men like them Hitler would have won.
My Dad spent 2 years in hospital recovering from his war wounds.
He was the kindest and best man I ever met and I will always miss him. He died on the 4 th July 2017 aged 93.
War stinks but ask the Ukrainians if they think they don't need brave Ukrainians to defend their country against the evil Putin
Watch world at war u might think differently.
@@andrewtrimble1095 IT'S A QUOTE FROM THE CAPTAIN AT THE END OF THE FILM...U BOATS SURRENDERING