Lord West concludes his history of the Royal Navy in the 20th century.Since the end of the Cold War, major changes in Britain have taken place in military, technological and social terms. How have these changes affected the Navy? Visiting HM

14. Falklands

Jun 19th, 2014 14m 18s

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy in the Falklands War.Lord West travels to the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, home of the Fleet Air Arm, to explain the vital importance of air power in winning the Falklands War. He visits the mem

13. North Atlantic

Jun 18th, 2014 14m 11s

Lord West tells the story of how Britain and the Royal Navy came to focus heavily on the North Atlantic in the late Cold War.During his time in the Royal Navy, the focus was very largely on the North Atlantic. Lord West returns to North Norway

12. Sky, Surf and Undersea

Jun 17th, 2014 14m 15s

Lord West tells the story of how the Royal Navy lost its aircraft carriers but gained the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent.The 1960s were a time of intense inter-service rivalry. The RAF and the Royal Navy exchanged blows in the corridors of

11. Decolonisation

Jun 16th, 2014 14m 12s

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's role in Britain's withdrawal from empire.Travelling to Malta, he explains the Navy's central role in Maltese independence. Strolling through Valletta he describes life in the Royal Navy in the 1950s

10. Early Cold War

Jun 13th, 2014 14m 6s

Lord West describes how the Royal Navy fought a series of conflicts in East Asia during the early Cold War.From the Amethyst Incident in China in 1949 to the confrontation with Indonesia in the mid-1960s, East Asia was a key focus during the ea

9. Whitehall Warriors

Jun 12th, 2014 14m 10s

Lord West explains how Britain, and the Royal Navy, adjusted to dramatically straitened circumstances after the Second World War.He describes the dramatic social changes that began after 1945, including big pay rises, improved food and condi

8. Pacific Horrors

Jun 11th, 2014 14m 15s

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. But by then the tide had t

7. Mediterranean Challenges

Jun 10th, 2014 14m 12s

Lord West travels to Malta to tell the story of the Royal Navy's incredibly difficult war in the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945.The Mediterranean war was the last time an Admiral commanded an entire theatre of war from the bridge of a ship

6. Battles for Britain

Jun 9th, 2014 14m 11s

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, from early fights in Norway to the Battle of the Atlantic. And he shows how the Royal Navy saved Britain from invasion during the Second World War.In a chilly fjord in nor

5. Inter-War Trouble

Jun 6th, 2014 14m 6s

Lord West explores the Royal Navy's three battles between the wars. The three opponents were a new department in Whitehall, communists in Russia, and the Navy's oldest foe - the Treasury.The First World War left Britain reeling, economically de

4. The Navy Wins

Jun 5th, 2014 14m 18s

Lord West looks at how the Royal Navy won the First World War.The Royal Navy's role in winning the conflict has often been overlooked - drowned out by the new and savage reality of industrial warfare on the western front, and the tragic romance

3. War Begins

Jun 4th, 2014 14m 11s

Lord West looks at the Royal Navy's strategy for winning the First World War.How in the early years of the war did it fail to bring its might to bear? The First World War represented a major change in British strategy towards wars on the Europ

2. New Technology

Jun 3rd, 2014 14m 10s

Lord West looks at how a revolution in naval technology transformed ideas of warfare, contributed to the arms race and laid the foundations for victory in the First World War.During the early years of the 20th century, one man dominated the Roy

1. New Century

Jun 2nd, 2014 14m 17s

Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century, when through political, social, technological and economic turmoil, the Navy's fortunes mirrored those of Britain.Lord West begins on the beaches of northern France

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