Ditto the recommendation.
This was on about 3-4 weekends ago and I could only watch a bit of it because I had company over. Found it on Netflix the next day and sat through the whole thing; I agree it is well worth watching and is probably the most well-done doc on the BoA I've seen so far. IIRC most historical scenes are handled via reenactment/dramatization as opposed to use of actual newsreel footage but there seem to be plenty of sources for that out there already, especially on many docu-dvds where the narration is so dry and dull that it almost puts you to sleep despite any virtues of the visual and informational aspects (had one do this to me just last evening, in fact). Not the case here at all, at least IMO.
What this does have is oodles and oodles of firsthand accounts of those times and events from parties on all sides - the Royal Navy, British intelligence, the U-Bootwaffe (including Rosing and Topp as well as other surviving officers and sailors), merchant mariners, even a civilian survivor of the Laconia incident. Absolutely worth watching if you haven't seen it and it's also available real cheap at amazon.com; current price is around $8.50 last time I checked. It's even at the top of my Wish List for the holidays, lol, and if someone in my family doesn't take seriously the "I must have this or I will DIE!!!" comment tag on the item then there will be NO living with me in 2010.
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