A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2 runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Roy McMillan (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Roy McMillan
Roy McMillan narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 626 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
783 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2 is an audiobook by Edward Abel Smith: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Roy McMillan, released June 4, 2026, on the World and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Roy McMillan
- Released
- June 4, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781529988055
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2 as an audiobook?
A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2 runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2 free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2?
A Hateful Decision: The True Story of Winston Churchill, Operation Catapult and the French Fleet in WW2 is narrated by Roy McMillan.