{"id":55120,"date":"2020-02-19T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=55120"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:35:29","slug":"great-blunders-of-wwii-the-scattering-of-convoy-pq17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/great-blunders-of-wwii-the-scattering-of-convoy-pq17\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Great Blunders of WWII: The Scattering of Convoy PQ17<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8jorRc3fkNA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Anthony Coleman<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 4 Nov 2016<\/p>\n<p>From the History Channel DVD series <em>Great Blunders of WWII<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is of interest for many reasons, but particularly because my late father-in-law served in the Royal Navy on the Arctic convoys and spent a full winter in the Soviet Union when his convoy couldn&#8217;t return before the ice closed the convoy route.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-19-Great-Blunders-of-WWII-The-Scattering-of-Convoy-PQ17.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Coleman Published 4 Nov 2016 From the History Channel DVD series Great Blunders of WWII. 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