Program: Military Blunders
Episode: The Sinking of Force Z
Segment: 1/3
Year: ?
Details:
A look at the mistakes made by the British which resulted in the sinking of the battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse by the Japanese in the opening days of the Pacific War. If Taranto and Pearl Harbor signaled the superiority of air power over battleships docked in port, this battle was noted for being one of the first instances where air power prevailed over battleships during combat in the open sea.
