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HMAS Sydney and the Kormoran, 1941
A case study of the loss of HMAS Sydney off Western Australia in 1941. Fly from the world to the wreck site, replay the battle and the survivors' drift on an animated map, follow the 67-year search to the 2008 discovery, test the theories against the evidence, and write a judgement.
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