In late 1944, the Liberty ship Robert J. Walker was steaming through what seemed like safe Allied waters off Australia when U ...
One of the most disputed moments of North Carolina history centers on whether a Nazi U-boat attacked a chemical plant near Kure Beach during World War II. Witnesses swore it happened on the night of ...
When British forces captured evidence from the wreck of U-852, they uncovered more than proof of a war crime. Hidden among ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Wilbur Jones, a former Navy captain and World War II historian, is one of those people. He says the story of the German ...