(NEWSER) – Just 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina, two World War II wrecks lie underwater—one a member of a 24-ship American convoy, and one a German U-boat. US-led researchers recently ...
In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the enemy on a ship’s deck. Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new ...
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The allied trap designed to capture a Nazi U-boat alive
Allied intelligence uncovered a German plan to extract captured U boat commanders from a Canadian POW camp. Instead of ...
In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of ...
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The daring US operation to capture a Nazi U-boat
In 1944, the US Navy launched an unprecedented operation to seize an enemy submarine intact. After forcing U 505 to surface, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. While U-boats were able to evade Allied warships, the odds were much lower with air patrols. Aircraft could force a submarine underwater ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – A ceremony was held at the USS Slater to commemorate Veterans Day. The USS Slater was one of 563 ships that battled Nazi U-boats during World War II. It is the last of the ships ...
CHICAGO — Head curator Dr. Voula Saridakis liked to stand by the entrance to the balcony overlooking the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A British submarine on a mission to deliver supplies to Norwegian resistance fighters spots an unsuspecting enemy submarine in 1944. It's simply ...
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