This Map Shows the Full Extent of the Devastation Wrought by U-Boats …
WEBMay 7, 2015 · As of April 1915, German forces had sunk 39 ships and lost only three U-boats in the process. U-boats played a pivotal role in helping Germany react to the economic offensive that Britain had...
The Remains of the U-Boats' Watery Reign - Atlas Obscura
WEBSep 22, 2014 · The German Unterseeboot, or U-boat, was a submarine that appeared seemingly out of nowhere to destroy both military and commercial ships. Despite their prevalence during World War I and...
Sunken Nazi U-boat discovered: why archaeologists like me …
WEBApr 26, 2018 · Several U-boats were sunk and U-3523 was destroyed in an air attack by a Liberator bomber. U-3523 lay undiscovered on the seabed for over 70 years until it was recently located by surveyors...
How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · However, in the mid-1980s the discovery — or, rather, re-discovery — of three German U-boats entombed in an abandoned U-boat bunker in Hamburg brought to light an altogether unknown history.
Operation Drumbeat’s Devastating Toll on Allied Shipping
WEBWhile the Eastern Seaboard was virtually unprotected during the first disastrous six months of 1942, the U-boats sank thousands of tons of Allied and neutral shipping from Newfoundland to the Caribbean. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called …
The Hunt for the Notorious U-Boat UB-29 | Smithsonian
WEBLess than a year before, a German U-boat sank the liner Lusitania in the Irish Sea, and 128 Americans died. President Woodrow Wilson put Germany on notice that “unrestricted submarine warfare...
Photos: WWII Shipwrecks Found Off NC Coast | Live Science
WEBOct 22, 2014 · By July 1942, U-boats had sunk or damaged 397 ships, killing more than 5,000 people. The most dangerous spot for merchants was the busy shipping route off of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
When War Erupted Off Virginia Beach - U.S. Naval Institute
WEBAt the outbreak of war in September 1939, U-boats, Luftwaffe aircraft, and surface warships had conducted several mass minelaying operations targeting most major seaports in the British Isles. That campaign had resulted in 30 ships sunk, totaling 104,000 GRT, and many others damaged. 4.
Unrestricted U-boat Warfare - National WWI Museum and Memorial
WEBOn May 7, 1915, German submarine U-20 torpedoed the Lusitania, a Cunard passenger liner, off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1,200 men, women, and children, including 128 Americans, lost their lives. The Allies and Americans considered the sinking an act of indiscriminate warfare.
How German U‑Boats Were Used in WWI—And Perfected in WWII
WEBMar 21, 2022 · The U-boat fleet made its first strike on September 5, 1914, with an attack on a British light cruiser off the coast of Scotland that killed more than 250 sailors. Seventeen days later, U-9...