https://freerepublic.com/tag/saintnazaire/ en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:34:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3299846/posts 'Seventy five years after the sinking of the Lancastria - Britain's worst maritime disaster in history - why is the tragedy largely forgotten? And what do those touched by the catastrophe want now? "The trouble with the story of the Lancastria is it doesn't fit with the grand narrative of that period - the miraculous evacuation of Dunkirk, and the Battle of Britain," reflects Mark Hirst. "No amount of spin can turn the story of the Lancastria into something triumphant." Mark - a former broadcast journalist and co-founder of the Lancastria Association of Scotland - has studied the life of... BBC Scotland https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3299846/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:34:16 GMT