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 ...
As World War II drew to a close, U.S. Navy intelligence suspected German U-boats equipped to launch V-1 rockets were preparing to hit New York City. The War Department dismissed the threat. The Navy ...
They stalked Allied ships in silence, deadly and unseen. Then, one by one, they were destroyed — sent to the ocean floor by torpedoes, depth charges, and the tides of war. But some didn’t stay lost.
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The convoy battle that helped break Germany’s U-boat fleet for good
In the spring of 1943, convoy ONS 5 crossed the North Atlantic just as Allied codebreaking went dark and dozens of German U-boats closed in. Storms, scattered ships, fuel shortages, and constant ...
The sinking of two Mexican oil tankers by German U-boats in 1942 convinced Mexican officials they were at war with the Axis powers.
Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...
February 26 – marks 104 years since a hospital ship was sunk off the British coast - shortly after it left from Newport. HMS ...
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