Kommando Selbstzerstörung / Command self-destruction (Arte)

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Kommando Selbstzerstörung / Command self-destruction (Arte)

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Post by Hans1906 » 22 Nov 2021, 18:22

Mentioned in the FdW lately once again:

Kommando Selbstzerstörung - Der Untergang der Kaiserlichen Flotte / Command Self Destruction - The Fall of the Imperial Fleet
At the end of the First World War there is a mysterious event: "Paragraph Eleven. Acknowledge!" Following this order, the Imperial High Seas Fleet sinks itself near Orkney (Scotland) in June 1919 to prevent the valuable battleships from falling into the hands of the British. 100 years later, islanders and historians are gathering their insights...
Source and link/video: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/089974-00 ... rstoerung/
(Video online until December 12th, 2021...)

Excellent german TV production from the year 2020, 53 minutes, very much recommended.


Hans
The paradise of the successful lends itself perfectly to a hell for the unsuccessful. (Bertold Brecht on Hollywood)

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