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World War II Unearthed

A wartime Spitfire is unearthed from an Irish bog, while divers explore sunken U-boats and merchant ships littering the seabed offshore.

A wartime Spitfire is unearthed from an Irish bog, while divers explore sunken U-boats and merchant ships littering the seabed offshore.

Dan Snow tells how, during World War II, Northern Ireland was thrust to the heart of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how excavations in Italy reveal just how Northern Irish troops took the fight to the battlegrounds of Europe.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 15 Jul 201217:30

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RoleContributor
PresenterDan Snow
ProducerJohn Hayes Fisher
ProducerJohn Hayes Fisher
Executive ProducerJohn Farren

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