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On the afternoon of June 8th 1940, the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Glorious was steaming west across the Norwegian sea, having evacuated aircraft from northern Norway. Suddenly, the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau appeared on the horizon and opened fire. As Glorious turned away and tried to scramble aircraft, it fell to Acasta and Ardent to mount a desperate battle against overwhelming odds.
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Norway 1940
3:10 - Taken by Surprise
5:38 - The Onslaught Begins
8:25 - Glorious Crippled
11:06 - The Last Stand of HMS Acasta
Credits:
Artwork by:
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Lead animation by CKD Productions
Written, Supporting Animation, Directed and Produced by:
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Sources:
John Winton, Carrier Glorious (Cassell: 1986)
Howland, V. W. (1994). The Loss of HMS Glorious: An Analysis of the Action. Warship International, 31(1), 47–62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44891558
Stephen Roskill, Churchill and the Admirals (Pen and Sword, 1977)
Corelli Barnett, Engage The Enemy More Closely: The Royal Navy in the Second World War (Penguin, 1991)
Henrik Lunde, Hitler’s Preemptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940. (kindle edition)
Earl Ziemke, German Northern Theater of Operations 1940-1945. (kindle edition)
Full Casualty List for HMS Glorious can be found here: http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-06JUN1.htm
Music Credits:
"Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Other music and SFX from Epidemic Sound