U-Boat Wargamers
The Mastermind
Season 1 Episode 1 of 6
The remarkable story of retired war gamer Gilbert Roberts, officer Jean Laidlaw and the Women's Royal Navy Service (WRNS) - aka the 'Wrens' - as they use revolutionary war gaming tactics to defeat Admiral Karl Dönitz and his Wolf Pack fleets of U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. The Second World War breaks out and a force of U-boats try to starve Britain into submission. Meanwhile, Vera Laughton Mathews recruits talented women into the WRNS. Narrated by Derek Jacobi
U-Boat Wargamers airs on Sky History 2 at 8:00 AM, Wednesday 18 September. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
Derek Jacobi
Narrator