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HMS Cossack and the Altmark Incident
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"THE NAVY IS HERE" cried HMS Cossacks boarding party as it raided the German ship The Altmark on the hunt for prisoners of war!
Come and hear the fantastic story of Royal Navy bayonet wielding Sailors as they clashed with their German foe in February 1940!
Also the books i speak about at the end of this podcast are linked here -
Life and Death on the Eastern Front - https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-and-Death-on-the-Eastern-Front-Hardback/p/20382
The True Story of the Christmas Truce - https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-True-Story-of-the-Christmas-Truce-British-and-German-Eyewitness-Accounts-from-World-War-I-Hardback/p/19277
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