![]() ![]() ![]() These include the BBC’s swashbuckling SAS: Rogue Heroes, based on the incredible, almost unbelievable story of the legendary regiment’s formation and early daredevil missions in North Africa during World War Two. There’s a clutch of other war dramas out at the moment, and I have been catching up on them. Needless to say, they all had a great time and came back safe and sound. The sub “only went down 100ft” I was told, but it didn’t matter – it would have felt like 100 fathoms to me. And, to make it worse, part of the voyage involved staring at the broken hulks of sunken vessels.īy coincidence, I’m sure there was an episode of Das Boot where they sailed past Lanzarote while trying to escape a British destroyer.Ĭall me a wimp, but I felt queasy about the proposed underwater adventure. My dilemma was that the trip involved clambering into a small tourist submarine and descending into the briny. We were on holiday en masse with the grandkids. So, I blame the Das Boot effect for declining a family invitation to join a day trip off Lanzarote recently. I felt as sweaty and breathless as them on my sofa as their oxygen drained away, and asphyxiation or drowning seemed the likely outcome. The terrifying, claustrophobic atmosphere was captured perfectly. In Das Boot, I lost count of the number of times the crew sank to the sea bed after being hit like sitting ducks. ![]() ![]() There was a famous Victoria Cross won in 1944 by Aberdeen RAF pilot John Cruickshank, aged 24, who caught a U-boat on the surface off Norway and sank it, despite suffering 72 separate wounds from return fire while attacking. The hunters became the hunted: the British began wiping out Hitler’s beloved former weapons of mass destruction. But, brilliant British intelligence work and devastating new anti-submarine technology put paid to that. The saga begins with the seemingly unbeatable Nazi submarines scything through Allied shipping with deadly torpedoes. You know, the gripping German drama about the trials and tribulations of a U-boat crew in World War Two. I think it must have been something to do with Das Boot. But, it is happening again – in Ukraine, writes David Knight. ‘It must never happen again,’ we chime every Remembrance Sunday. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. ![]()
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