The Worst Journey in the World'

[jamieooh]

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The Worst Journey in the World'
20 April 2012 | UK By Victoria Smith

It was the deadliest maritime campaign of the Second World War, described by Winston Churchill as "the worst journey in the world".

Between 1941 and 1945, the Arctic Convoys delivered vital supplies to our Russian allies, to help them defeat the Nazi threat.

Attacked by German planes, warships and submarines in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, 3000 men perished - the highest fatality rate of any naval campaign in the war.

Today, in the 70th anniversary year of the campaign, fewer than 200 veterans remain. But they have never received an official medal from the British government for their service.
go here for a 5 minute audio report
http://www.bfbs.com/news/uk/worst-journey-world-56656.html

[SgtJim]

as I said before: pictures-pictures-pictures .....or video

thx for it Jamie!

so, some of them:

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A view of the funnel and bridge area of the destroyer HMS Onslow, showing damage sustained at the Battle of the Barents Sea.

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A US-supplied Grumman Martlet fighter taking off from the US-supplied escort carrier HMS Pursuer. This photograph was taken in April 1944 when the ship provided cover for Operation Tungsten, the massed carrier strike on the German battleship Tirpitz at her Norwegian base at Altenfjord. Although they did not appear in significant numbers until late 1943, carriers similar to Pursuer were a welcome addition to the escort forces protecting the Arctic convoys

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The forward superstructure of a King George V class battleship in Arctic waters. The person to the left is manning a searchlight. In daylight conditions these were employed for visual signalling. To the right of him another crewman is clearing ice from the deck, while above them both a third figure can be seen scanning the horizon with his binoculars. Such conditions were all-too-familiar to naval and merchant seamen on the Arctic convoys, and represented a particularly serious problem for both personnel and equipment.

[ErisKillton]

Great story and pictures.
Like all of the incredible battles of WW2 this one was truly unimaginably horrific. It's amazing there are survivors at all and to have not received a medal!

[jamieooh]

as I said before: pictures-pictures-pictures .....or video

thx for it Jamie!

so, some of them:
Jim,
I can't upload pictures to ac anymore unless I link it from my photobucket or the website allows me to open the pic in a tab to do a direct link.
Videos are tee same. Even the embed video feature on youtube does not work for me here.
I'm limited on what I can do.
Jamie

[SgtJim]

??? why ???

try the "from URL"
instead of upload
and there is the : "Retrieve remote file and reference locally" opstion too :D

[jamieooh]

??? why ???

try the "from URL"
instead of upload
and there is the : "Retrieve remote file and reference locally" opstion too :D

Thank Jim