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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 ...

German U-Boat Vs. Submarine: Is There A Difference?

People like to make things more complicated than they need to be, and the words we choose to describe things are just one of ...
Los Angeles Times

Reinhard Hardegen, U-boat commander who menaced American shores, dies at 105

In the early weeks of January 1942, relying on an old World’s Fair guidebook to find his way, Reinhard Hardegen brought his German U-boat near the mouth of New York Harbor. A kapitänleutnant at ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

U-boats prowled Gulf in the deadly summer of 1942

Last week they found a ship sunk near Sabine Pass. The Coast Guard thinks it was a World War II cargo ship, perhaps a Liberty ship. The report said crews siphoned off fuel oil leaking from the vessel.
ABC 7 Chicago

German U-boat at MSI captured 70 years ago during WW2

CHICAGO (WLS) -- World War II veteran Don Carter was there 70 years ago when the German U-boat on display at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry was captured. In 1944, German submarines, called ...
The National Interest

Outmatched: These U-Boats Tried and Failed To Destroy Allied Warplanes

Here’s What You Need to Remember: World War II-era submarines needed to surface frequently to run their air-breathing diesel engines. ASV radars—even with their short effective range of six to ten ...