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A German U-boat brought WWII to RI's doorstep. Now it lies on the ocean floor
The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
The Hidden History of the Nazi U-Boats That Prowled the Gulf Coast, Bringing World War II to America’s Shores
German submarines sank 56 Allied ships in the region and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own in the process ...
The Providence Journal2d
A German U-boat brought WWII to RI's doorstep. Now it lies on the ocean floor
marking the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII. Codebreakers ...
Dark Docs on MSN4d
Ramming a Disguised WW2 Ship Full of Explosives into a German Submarine Base
Operation Chariot has been considered the most significant raid in British military history. The amphibious attack had little ...
Dark Seas on MSN1d
The Fall of the Most Dangerous Nazi Submarine
In the depths of the North Atlantic during the European Theater of World War II, Commander Hans Jenisch aboard U-32 was on ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana2d
Capture of U-505 70 years later: German submarine tells story of technology, reconciliation and determination
The U-505, a 750-ton German submarine that fills a 35,000-square ... “I was a kid in grade school when I read about U.S. subs in WWII. They were 99 percent in the Pacific and very few in ...
Cologne starts its biggest evacuation since 1945 to defuse WWII bombs
More than 20,000 residents are being evacuated from part of Cologne’s city center to defuse World War II bombs.