A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years
Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944, a German U-boat torpedo killed 763 American soldiers just five miles from ...
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When the U-boat war collapsed overnight
In spring 1943, the hunters became the hunted. Allied radar, escort carriers, and Ultra intelligence shattered Germany’s once-lethal U-boat campaign within weeks. Submarines that had terrorised the ...
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This is how men lived and died - inside U-boats
Life aboard a German U-boat in World War II was brutal, claustrophobic, and deadly. Follow Hans Fischer, a young mechanic turned U-boat crewman, as he endures stifling heat, toxic diesel fumes, no ...
Oscar-winner is almost seven decades old, but fans have hailed its depiction of WWII navy warfare as 'an exemplary demonstration of military decorum' ...
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