8. Pacific Horrors

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Jun 11, 201414:15Society & Culture

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. B...

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