Belfast, Bunkers, and Vichy Show Trials
WWII historian, author of Normandy '44, Sicily '43 and The Savage Storm
World War IIFortification & Siege
Selection · Edition 2026-04-17
Holland and Murray do their on-this-day format for April 14th across the war years — German coastal defence strategy in Norway, the engineering of HMS Belfast, and the collapse of Vichy's show trials. The Norwegian fortification discussion is the standout segment, and the Vichy material is entertaining on the farcical politics of collaboration.
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Imperial War Museum Sound Archive holds 30,000+ interviews including extensive testimony from Royal Navy personnel involved in HMS Belfast's service and British naval operations — searchable at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search (single-source — see provenance)Claims on this page verified against current sources · last refreshed 2026-06-11
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