By the Editor: Too often we British fall foul of a revisionists disease that undermines the success (and huge sacrifice) of our forebears. Necessarily out of sight and thus inevitably out of mind, many today have little comprehension of the war at sea – this lack of understanding conspires to suggest that effort at sea was more of a side show to that on and over the land. At the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the author below paints the picture and rightly emphasises the fundamental role of the RN, both directly and indirectly, in ensuring the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945…
