Episode 45: The Loss of the Glorious

This episode of History Date Night covers June 7th through the 9th, we'll see the loss of the Polish submarine Orzel, whose extraordinary 1939 escape brought her fame. We also watch one of the most controversial naval disasters of the war unfold in the Arctic. And we hear the French Commander-in-Chief make clear that the battle for France is already lost.

This episode also has RAF pilots landing Hurricane fighters on an aircraft carrier for the very first time in history, something nobody had ever done before and nobody was even sure was possible. Finally we'll see an Italian sea captain who in preparation for war tricks his British captors into helping him scuttle his ship right under their noses.