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the britannia churchill’s bid to abolish britain

For more than four decades, the Britannia served as the floating Duration An astonishing true story from Britain’s ‘Finest Hour’. Duration
embassy of the British Empire, a royal retreat and a family ‘love boat’. 1 x 60’ 1 x 60’
Uncover one the of most remarkable political stories of the Second World War, featuring
‘The Britannia’ delves deep into the secrets of the ship and uses previously unknown Credits huge historical characters and startling discoveries. In a desperate effort to keep Credits
archive material to tell the story of the ‘power and magic’ associated with the royal Wendlemann Films France in the war against the Nazis, Winston Churchill’s government in London made Mercury Productions
yacht. To this day, the 126-metre-long state ship is considered the mother of all large an amazing declaration: “France and Great Britain shall no longer be two nations,
yachts and an extraordinary style icon. The film documents the unique history and YOP but one Franco-British Union”. Experts from Britain, France, the US and Australia explain YOP
charisma of the Britannia, which has been moored as a museum ship in Edinburgh, 2025 the background to this ambitious, astonishing plan – and explain why it backfired 2024
Scotland, since 1997. spectacularly, triggering the final fall of France to the Nazis.
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