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The U-boat threat that caught the US off guard off its own coast

In 1942, German submarines pushed deep into American coastal waters during the second Happy Time and exposed how unprepared ...

The US Navy took out a German sub in a legendary, high-stakes WWII battle

Starting as early as 1939, German U-boat “Wolf Packs” transformed the Atlantic Ocean into a shipping graveyard. In response, ...
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The Navy’s blimps became U-boat hunters nobody saw coming

When German U-boats began ravaging shipping off the American coast in 1942, the U.S. Navy had too few specialized anti-submarine forces ready to respond. Into that gap came Goodyear built K-class ...

Rhode Island’s sunken U‑Boat hints at a WWII secret long overlooked

I’ve long been intrigued at mentions of a sunken German U-boat explored by divers in Rhode Island waters. But I’d never known ...
Charlotte Observer

Long-debated story of WWII U-boat attack on North Carolina finally gets its due

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 ...
Military.com

How a US War Crime Against a German Rescue Mission Helped Exonerate a Nazi Admiral at Nuremberg

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 ...
insider.si.edu

Imposing Concrete Hideout is Where Nazi U-Boats Were Once Built ⛴ WWII by Drone | Smithsonian

This imposing concrete structure in the German city of Bremen is 1400 feet long, 300 feet wide and 90 feet high, and looks every inch the secret Nazi facility that it is. Its purpose was to build and ...