Battle of the Atlantic

Season 1 Episode 2: Keeping Secrets

Jul 14, 2002NR2h 15m7.7

In the first 18 months of war, German U-boats sank more than three million tons of shipping. Eyewitness testimony, archive film and reconstructions illuminate the story of how Allied intelligence fought back against the killers in the deep, helped by the seizure of an Enigma code machine and cipher material.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Grey Wolves

1. Grey Wolves

Aired: Jul 7, 2002

New testimony from British sailors and the U-boat men who hunted them, plus a...

Episode 2 Keeping Secrets

2. Keeping Secrets

Aired: Jul 14, 2002

In the first 18 months of war, German U-boats sank more than three million to...

Episode 3 The Hunted

3. The Hunted

Aired: Jul 21, 2002

In the first three years of war, German U-boats threatened to starve Britain ...


Info about Battle of the Atlantic

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:War, Documentary, History