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World Service,10 May 2013,9 mins

The Arctic Convoys

Witness History

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The story of Jack Humble, whose ship was torpedoed while escorting a convoy inside the Arctic Circle. From 1941-45, Allied sailors and ships battled storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry war supplies to Russia in WW2. (Photo: Frozen deck of a British warship on Arctic Convoy, Feb 1943. Credit: AP)

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