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Duration: 1 hour

A wartime Spitfire is unearthed from an Irish bog, while divers explore sunken U-boats and merchant ships littering the seabed offshore.

Dan Snow tells how, during World War II, Northern Ireland was thrust to the heart of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how excavations in Italy reveal just how Northern Irish troops took the fight to the battlegrounds of Europe.

Last on

Sun 15 Jul 2012 17:30 BBC One

Credits

Presenter
Dan Snow
Producer
John Hayes Fisher
Producer
John Hayes Fisher
Executive Producer
John Farren

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