U-Boat Wargamers
World Media Rights’ six-part docu-drama for Sky History, narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi, tells the overlooked story of the women who helped win the Battle of the Atlantic. When the Royal Navy turned to retired wargamer Gilbert Roberts to crack the U-boat wolfpack tactics, he recruited a team of young women from the WRNS, led by mathematician Jean Laidlaw, whose brilliant counter-tactics turned the tide in 1943.



