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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2022
- U-Boat ace Friedrich Guggenberger gained notoriety in 1941 when he sank the British aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal. He would continue to terrorise the Allies in the water for the next couple years, but eventually they started to hunt him down.
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My uncle was in the US Navy during World War II and was a Submariner.
He watched the attack on Pearl Harbor from the heights of Diamond Head on that Sunday morning which was his day off.
He told me how helpless he felt and how the Japanese were strafing the highways and the roads so he couldn't get to his base.
He also told me about being depth charged and the crash dives and the sheer terror that they went through during those times.
He was always a very claustrophobic man and had really bad ears from the crash dives and being at such extreme depths. My Uncle Harold is still my hero!
My grandpa was on the arizona, and was transferred to another ship the day before. He didn't want to change ship's because he had friend's on the arizona. He saw everything up close, and didn't say much about it, except that nothing prepares you for that kind of slaughter. The movie pearl harbor doesn't even show how bad it was. G-d bless.
@@died4us590 wow sorry about that but how fortunate for your granddad. Yeah I don't know how a person could be prepared for any kind of violence let alone that kind of total destruction where you're just helpless. My uncle said the smoke plumes and the fires and the sound of the Japanese planes terrified him and his buddies sitting up there on Diamond Head. He also carried a lot of guilt because he couldn't get back to his ship and his shipmates. Luckily his submarine wasn't hit but he knew so many sailors that were killed that day or just horribly wounded and burned. Definitely a dark day in our history.
My grandpa was there too but I'm not sure which ship he was on. He died when I was 6 and never talked much at all. They said he wasn't on his ship when it was attacked but did get back to fight. Crazy to think our granpas could have known each other, or at least some point seen each other.
My dad climbed diamond head when he was stationed at pearl harbor. His buddy Steve Nation quit when he hit the bunker opening and crawled in the fort...my dad was stubborn and decided to climb to the top. When he crawled over the edge and rolled onto his back as he was completely exhausted and covered in sweat, a bus load of Asian tourists that started taking pictures of the idiot who free climbed the face of diamond head 🤣😂 that's when dad realized he left his wallet AND His wine AND his beer on the beach LOL he had to ask some of the shocked tourists for bus fair to ride the bus back down with them 😅🤣😂.
Thank you for mentioning diamond head and drumming up that hilarious memory🤘
Thank you to your grandparents who fought for us younger generations. My grandparents we’re alive during this and my both grandpa’s served but never ever talked about it until they were very sick. One of my grandpa’s were there after they dropped the bomb and told us some insane stories and the other grandpa never ever talked about it till the day he died. I am just grateful for the men and women who fought for us. God bless you all and your families. 👍
I am very fortunate in that my city has the only intact German U-boat in the entire United States and only one of four in the world. The museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago, Illinois has a fully intact beautiful U-boat that was captured by our Navy off the coast of west Africa during WW2. It was brought here and donated by the U.S. Navy to the museum in 1954, which I have been to see many times growing up here since the 1980's. U-505 is a staple here for all Chicagoan's and visitors. The museum spent several million on the U-505 submarine exhibit upgrade in the mid-2000s and actually lowered it deep into the ground and built an extension of the museum around the U-boat with new submarine exhibits where it sits to this day completely climate controlled and you can go onboard at will from the museum. The U.S. Navy kept the U-505 periscope for study, where it stayed with them until 2003 when they finally also donated it to the museum and you can see and look out of now. Anyone who comes to tour Chicago and has a interest in U-Boats needs to see this in person.
Very fascinating info pal, thank you.
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Grew up in Chicago. My kids are grown now and still go see this exhibit every chance.
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Remembered visiting on my honeymoon in 1983 we took the grandson two years ago amazing display now inside originally it was out outside
In late 1966 I was a young sailor at NAS Norfolk, Va going to FAETULANT school. I was training to fly in the old SP2H Neptune. One day my class of young sailor were talking about family between classes. I was one of the older men, I was 21, the others were still in their teens. Someone asked about my Dad and I told them he was 50 whe didn I was born, so he did not serve. A couple of kids told of their Dads being in submarines during WWII. Someone asked one of the kids, Gunther Angelmuller, what his Dad in the war. He answered, my Dad was also in submarines. Someone asked what boat and Gunther responded in a beautiful German accent, "No no. Mine vatar vas in U Boats!.
It seems he was a survivor picked up and became a POW. After the war he chose not to repatriate and was allowed to stay. He married one of the daughters of a local farmer he worked for as a POW and the rest is history.
Thank you for your service John. FAETULANT school sounds too class to “flatulent”, which I can only imagine must be a horrible nuisance on a sub.
@@djquinn11 FAETULANT is an anacronim. It means "Fleet Air Electronic Training Unit Atlantic. Norfolk had the ASW (antisubmarine warfare) school.
@@djquinn11 I actually WENT to the school of flatulence
My Uncle and namesake was a radio/radar operator on those aircraft during the war. My mom said that he was a very happy go lucky kid before the War after a bitter man to the day he died in 2006. Uncle George never spoke about the war other than well I worked the radios on Sub hunters. We lived not far from the Groton Sub Base Groton, CT . He didn't like the Japanese at all but aways held the Men of the U-boats in high regard. What little I know he had a very very interesting service record. As for the German well those kids just did their duty as it was understood to be at the time- I don't fault them for that.
The wermacht did their duty but the SS were absolute monsters.
Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed reading it.
I do fault Them. They supported a racist nation, but the Japanese and the Germans, and they would’ve killed us all and they won the war. Think about that before you “don’t fault them.”
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@Derrick Bridges Never said they were but the SS and Unit 731 from the Japanese were a special type of evil in a world full of evil.
Hats off to the captain for helping the lady's & kids.
A noble act of humanity
Sadly people these days would call it 'woke'
As an old man now who was a Radarman on a Coast Guard Cutter in Vietnam I was captivated by this video and felt some of what these brave sailors felt many years ago. We attended ASW School in San Diego before we went over and our High Endurance Cutter had "Hedge Hogs" on board which were a more modern "Depth Charge" and I was always disappointed that we never got to use them except dummies at school. It's a strange feeling to see a sinking ship and very upsetting for sailors and I must say I'm sad after watching the bunch we saw in this film. I applaud War Stories for such a fine WWII History lesson~!
Sir, thank you for your service.
We Have to Eat Chicken!
I was on the Munro in the middle east
"Hedgehogs"...
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv it's a real thing tho
The movie Sinking of Laconia where Lt.Cmdr Hartenstien show great humanity saving civilians in the middle of war really touch my heart, he's a kind hearted human.
This is how a doco is meant to be made. Excellent
How admirable for the u boats to be so deadly, yet still human, rescuing the enemy civilians….
This is what makes these wars so amazing to me.
See Evan the enemy is human we have to love them for pure courage and patriotism
Unless you consider splitting someones head open love 🤣
I salute all of the brave brave men that served during a time in history when courage was the order of the day. I wonder if the next war will have such men and women. I hope we never have to find out!
One of the better Sub documentaries. Exciting!
I am a 3rd generation USN and 2nd generation submarine veteran. The submarine way of life is intense and rewarding. I can honestly say, that join the USN submarine service was one of my best decisions.
There are alot of submarine flicks, but the best one in my opinion is Das Boot.
Be safe and be 😎
I served on the Nautilus back in the 70s, as a Boatswains Mate.
I have the Directors Cut of Das Boot, My wife tells me that I am " Insane to want to be on the U96 ", I was in ASW in the Navy, so the ties are there only someone on one side vs the other can feel.
@@johnking1896 The game has changed again with the new 3-D Sonar systems.
the sinking of the Laconia is also a very good one, I think you can even find it on UA-cam as a 2 part mini series
ua-cam.com/video/7esQ9S46EJY/v-deo.html that's part 1 ua-cam.com/video/ijoHGhSDSls/v-deo.html that's part 2
An interesting video, which was well narrated. The horror of war, for both sides,is very clearly defined. I cannot imagine the trauma of being trapped underwater for such a prolonged time with virtually no amenities.
How anyone remained sane us a miracle.
Good comment - rest assured that not everyone did remain sane. I have met some submariners who only served during peacetime, albeit cold war days, who were noticeably damaged.
Being a merchant seaman was no picnic either, you never knew when a torpedo might hit the bulkhead you were near to. And if you survived the torpedo hits, were you going to survive the sinking.
I was a sailor on an LST, the 'Newport,' class.
Coffee was considered to be the next important thing to sailors, next to blood!
Most of the time, you could miss a meal. But you'd never have to miss coffee!
WOW...! They ACTUALLY FOUND a LIVING Unterseeboot veteran?! Will miracles never cease?
Where? Will he do an interview? He would have to be at least 95
There was also a Japanese Commander on a Japanese warship who rescued a bunch of British sailors during WW2, it's not much documented but it did happened, Shunsaku Kudo, commander of the Ikazuchi, a small Japanese warship, back during WW2...
U-513 SUNK ONLY 4 SHIPS on last voyage: Venezia, Tutoya, Elihu B. Washburne and Richard Caswell. Eagle was hit by one torpedo and survived to be repaired, managed to avoid 2 other torpedos.
the exploding ship at 5:47 is not the Royal Oak but the HMS Barham which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean by U-331 on 25 November 1941
Thanks
There is no footage of every single torpedoed ship... this is just to fill a blank in the video.
good eye
Ud think people interested in these docu. shows would already know that small fact. It's one if the most famous videos of the war . Its really scary if you ever watch it in slow motion u can actually see the main deck fold over into the superstructure then onto some poor sailors like it's a piece of paper. Just scary
you xpect them to be Honest ?
That was a very telling remark on human psychology, about 7-8mins in: "You must remember that young men everywhere think themselves invincible." - and so lies the basis for recruitment, and the propagation of warfare!! We'll never learn!!
same thing going on now, but people have their head in the sand, and are blind and deaf. G-d bless.
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Great video...My Uncle was a Submariner during WWII. I only got to meet him once when he came to town for his Fathers funeral when I was a kid. A few years ago I looked up his Naval records thru the archives and found that he was on six different submarines. The last one he was on, he was the Executive Officer. I even found a picture of him and the crew on Midway Island. When he was discharged at the wars end, he was Quartermaster at Guantanamo Bay.
Wow, that must of been so cool to find!!!
Thanks for sharing!
How cool!
I got to dive the u boat off Barnegat NJ and it is an incredible thing to see I can tell you that. It is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Not to mention the majority of the wrecks I fish are torpedoed by u boats
What a superb documentary!
I have watched MANY submarine videos, and this is definitely one of the most informative and exquisitely produced of them all.
Thanks for this production!
My grandpa on my mom's side was on a German tank crew but he said he fought for his country not for all the things that fool said, he'd always say. But my grandfather on my dad's side was in the US navy and he fought in the pacific. It was Crazy how much the got along
sounds like a forced marriage, hehehe
I wonder if those two ever met? Imagine 2 oldies in the loungeroom shooting at each other from behind the sofas!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@@tim7052 with finally a role for clint eastwo_Od that fits him 101%
There is nothing worse, than a German making excuses for fighting in WW2. They fought for their country against a horrendously massive enemy force. It took 4 empires (!) to beat them 5 years. They have every reason to be proud. I am sick to death of these snivelling cowards, crawling and apologizing. Get off your knees, man, get off them now!
@@tim7052 With Nerf guns of course. Ha ha ha. Imagine old men on crutches and wheelchairs doing that....!!!
What dishonorable behavior by the Western allies to attack a uboat engaged in rescue of civilians. This is a great display of zero honor.
The german acted scenes are really well done!
Its a Third times I am seeing this interested & wonderful Documentary Video
Bravo! great work, my respect to the team research!👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻❤🇬🇷
I would recommend to all the book “Shadow Divers.,” about the four-year long quest to identify an unknown U-boat off the coast of New Jersey. Sunk by a massive explosion, the crew was still aboard. The problem came when the divers attempted to identify the sub. The US Navy said they hadn’t sunk any U-boats within 150 miles of there. Researching the Kriegsmarine archives, the Germans said they hadn’t lost any U-boats anywhere near that location. It took them four years, and I believe at least three divers killed, before the mystery was finally resolved. Fascinating story, very well written, and sets a historical error right. Great book.
Thanks so much for this terrific show. Extremely well done. Everyone who took part in it deserves to be appreciated for their contributions.
Watched from Jamaica, will take time to read all the comment, very interesting
Commander Friedrich Guggenberger is a legend. I respect his expertise and majesty as a U boot captain. A courageous and brave man in a battle where 80% of his comrades perished
For sure, the GREATEST GENERATION!!!
my uncle was able to go down on a nuclear sub several times as a civilian electrician out of Bangor Wa. This story was awsum.
@ 1:43 The U-995 is not the only one left! The U-505 is in a special climate controlled building completely intack at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry! Also the U-534 is a museum ship at Birkenhead, England! The U-534 was cut up into sections for easier access and viewing by vistors!
The U-505 and U-995 are not the same type of U-boats U-505 are a class lXC u-boat and U-995 is a VllC/41 class U-boat which was the most common used German U-boat . I know this because i visited this memorial with the U-995 many times and been inside it just as many times because my mother comes from Germany not far away from this memorial are what they meant was that U-995 are the only u_boat of that class left and U-534 are also a IXC/40 type boat.
@@640626 Well if you want to get technical! This documentary is about the U-513, both the U-505 and the U-513 are both IXC Class U-Boats! Why is the documentery comparing the U-995 to the U-513 then?
@@benadam7753 I dont know but i know U-995 is the only Sub in the VllC class in perfect condition .This VllC were the work horse in the German U-boat fleet.By the way my grandfather were building thoose U-boats but he never liked it because he saw them as Iron Coffins.
@@640626 With over 30,000 U-Boat men never returning home that's excatly what they were, Iron Coffins!
@@benadam7753 it was to be exact 32000 U-boatmen who did not came home i know the exact number because it stands at the memorial were i use to go and all their names and the number on the boat they were written on stone plaques . The memorial are called L marine ehrenmal Laboe.
This was pretty interesting to listen too. This is an amazing navy story.
My mother's former lover's grandfather was a gunner on a Japanese fishing vessel.
This is one of the best documentaries I have seen in a long time 👍.
Je viens de regarder votre documentaire, j'ai été frappé par l'exactitude de vos dire et je comprends l'inventeur du Uboat une telle découverte se fait une fois dans la vie ! C'est comme devenir millionnaire du jour au lendemain ! On ne sait pas trop quoi faire de toute cette richesse en 5 où 10 minutes de la découverte ! Je pense que j'aurais tremblé en découvrant cette tombe et sous marine ! Tout mes remerciements pour votre vidéo ❤🎉c'était très poignant et très respectueux
GRATE‼️☝️
Kudos to Captain (later admiral in NATO) Friedrich Guggenberger - - what a man
Yeah to sit in one of the Subs and be depth charged isn't my idea of fun. But 40, thousand guys started 30 thousand died so that left 10 thousand guys 5 thousand guys got captured and 5 left to sail home. I love to listen to the old timers tell it,, My Father was German and was 15 yrs old at the time. And he remembers the U boat crew's were hero,s but they were very brave and there is no doubt about that.🇩🇪
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@@seanohare5488 To true
My late FIL was in Navy WW2 on a ship
His friend Joe Scannell, both retired SFFD.
Joe was in submarines. He told me his sub surfaced and Japanese destroyer spotted them.
The depth charged them for eight hours. The sub played dead on the bottom.
Joe went to his bunk to get a picture of wife and baby son because he thought they would never see them again.
They limped back to port and in between the seams of the sun it was caved in.
The sub was scrapped and they were told nothing on this earth kept the sub running and able to make it back.
I am writing these words exactly as I remember him telling me in 1979.
My FIL never talked except to tell me he always knew he would make it back.
I love history interesting stuff ❤️
Excellent!
One of the greatest uboot commanders in ww2.
Together with Gunter Prien.
These man will never be forgotten.
1000 jahre Ruhm
Und Otto Kretschmer , Erich Topp , Joachim Schepke , Georg Lassen , Wolfgang Lüth , Viktor Schütze und einen von der besten ... Reinhard Hardegen und viele Aces mehr , Luftwaffe Aces und die Tank Aces . All great one's 👍🏻👌🏻.
Sie waren alle Helden
@@hohenstaufen.1010 grobse helden ... Wunsche dir ainem schönes 2023 .
All of them are real heroes and should be remembered 👍🏻
Henry J. Kaiser was the one responsible for the rapid production of Liberty ships in WW2
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in Richmond, Ca
🤔 what a coincidence the shipyards and ships were called Kaiser shipyards. I mean what's the chances of that
Dad did “a spot of convoy duty” in corvettes between Liverpool and the the St Laurence Seaway he never said much about his Atlantic service beyond a geography lesson except one conversation about Focke Wilfred Condor’s.
I ❤ tour channel my dad's a ww2 vet, keep up the great work and God bless ❤
A really well researched and presented video.
Great reading! Thank you ❤
Excellent documentary!
I like watching history of the world wars 1&2...
Every member of the U-boat Crews were true heroes
They were murdering swine who got what they had coming to them
She is not the only one left here in Chicago we have the U505 In the museum of science and industry
initially the U boats had orders from Doenitz to pick up survivors. it was the action of the USA which ended this practice.
A U-Boat could not pick up all survivors depending on how many survived the sinking, just wasn't enough room! They were required to pick up officers and engineers of enemy ships and could help survivors with food, water and directions to the nearest land! The Laconia Order ended that, but some U-Boat commanders still helped survivors until it became to dangerous!
@@benadam7753 they used to tow lifeboats to the nearest friendly port. they didn't have to bring them all aboard.
@@victorpulis5113 Except for the Laconia Incident I've never seen or read one account of a German U-Boat towing a life boat to a friendly port? Please provide a source for this!
@@benadam7753 watch 16:50
@@victorpulis5113 You need to re-watch that yourself! They are specifcally talking about the Laconia Incident here! The one and only time a U-Boat towed a life boat! The American B-24 prevented it from making port!
The most beautiful and wonderful channel that provides accurate and very useful information in a distinctive and wonderful way. It demonstrates your sincere effort in providing the best to everyone who watches the episodes of this wonderful channel. I wish you lasting success in all your work, which deserves all respect, appreciation and admiration. My greatest respect
Very well done!
good stuff ! thank god we didnt have to hear Monty saved the world .
While in Arizona, he planned to take a raft down a river....However, most rivers in Arizona in name only as they are dry.
Extremely Educational 🇬🇧⚔️
See life at sea is beautiful and and deadly it is only for the strongest
May of 43' we took out the Wolf Packs with advanced radar on US Destroyers, float planes and bomber.s..The allies broke the Naval codes too. that was about it for German Navy..
It wasn't just radar but Huff-Duff (High Frequency Direction Finding), and superior training for escorts and in particular Hunter Killer Groups who could stay in contact with a U-Boat until they got it! Later on naval and airborne homing torpedoes put paid to many U-Boats.
What a great doco!! 👍
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Me as a viewer who just got done watching the "Stigler - Brown Incident" When Franz Stigler in his BF- 109 shown heroism and personal kindness when he helped guide a stricken US Bomber back over British Soil.
Me Now just after watching and knowing that not only was Friedrich Guggenberger was a great U-Boat Ace but also a Gentleman and Technically a Hero too as well for helping saving the Civilians on the Troop Ship Marconia after sinking it. @14:00
These examples just goes to show that "Not All Men are Created Equal"
I mean These two men are German and still risked breaking command and order, and going into harms way just to do the right thing.
IMO This deserves R.E.S.P.E.C.T. regardless of weather they are the enemy or not.
I mean if you were in their shoes, wouldn't you do what they did and do the right thing too??
Another amazing story of the past.
As to the aircraft images: those are definitely Consolidated PBYs and not Martin Mariners. Only the photos they passed from hand to hand show a Mariner...
This is just to fill the blanks in the video...
Many more allied merchantmen sailors died in WW2 than submariners, fearsome though the end toll was on U-boats. Approximately 50,000 merchant sailors died, of all allied nations, including Chinese and Indian sailors. The great majority of allied merchant shipping sunk was by sea mines and Axis submarines.
What a story.
What an interesting story,and great video.Thank you👍
Great documentary !
Parts of U-534 are on display at a waterfront park on the Mersey River in Liverpool, England; U-505 is on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology; U-2540 is at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany; and U-995 is a museum ship at the Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel, Germany
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU
Been there, fascinating sub!!!
Thanks very much. Very well done.
Thanks for sharing this great upload.
Amazing video
I read that though the German navy had 57 submarines, only 32 were ready at the beginning of the war for combat. Correction: 23 were ready for combat.
Proudly Germany built a formidable U-Boat fleet that almost wins the war.
Long live Germany.
@@pablopeter3564 take her down a notch Pablo, maybe too much hoi4
Donitz wanted 300 operational U boats. That would make 100 in operational areas, 100 at port being fitted/doing training, 100 in transit to or from operational areas. Overall there were 1162 U boats of all types built during WWII. At its (short) peak, around 160 were on patrol at a time.
@@larryclemens1850 Thanks for sharing this important information. Amazing and great achievement of Germany for its war effort.
Paying tribute to the submariners and victims alike.
Much fewer boats were available at the start actually. There were only about 7. 21 boats were sea going, the others were coastal or training vessels. Of the 21, 1/3 are in repair dock, 1/3 are in transit and 1/3 in station. This figure of thirds stayed the same as reported by chief of the German admiralty, Dönitz.
The real brave guys were the merchant seamen who crewed the cargo ships. Between 1939 and 1945, 9,521 merchant mariners lost their lives after 1554 cargo ships got sunk in many ways. Of course being on a bomber crew meant a 4 week life expectancy and they died by the 1000s. So many dangerous roles in those days.
An excellent and gripping documentary.
I like how the historian says; service was “nasty, brutish, and Short”. I’m sure Thomas Hobbs might agree since those were his words, and not about U-Boats, but the
Middle Ages. I guess he would be flattered!
Americans were not completely obsessed with German Uboats They loved their Submarines from WW2 and they love following their exploits they did to Japan what Germany wanted to do to the Allie’s
Tell me how many U.S. subs got lost.
@@thenevadadesertrat2713
Albacore SS-218 7 November 1944 Lost to enemy mine Northeast of Hokkaido
Amberjack SS-219 16 February 1943 Lost to enemy action by torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. 18 New Britain
Argonaut SM-1 10 January 1943 Lost to enemy action by destroyers Isokaze and Maikaze New Britain
Barbel SS-316 4 February 1945 Lost to enemy air attack Borneo
Bonefish SS-223 19 June 1945 Lost to enemy action, depth-charged by kaibōkan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207 Sea of Japan
Bullhead SS-332 6 August 1945 Lost to enemy air attack; last US submarine loss of the war Java Sea
Capelin SS-289 Lost after 2 December 1943 Cause unknown, possibly naval mine or attack by minelayer Wakataka Celebes Sea
Cisco SS-290 28 September 1943 Lost to air attack and gunboat Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon) Mindanao
Corvina SS-226 16 November 1943 Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-176 Truk
Darter SS-227 24 October 1944 Accidental grounding in pursuit of Japanese cruiser Takao Palawan Passage
Dorado SS-248 15 October 1943 Sunk by friendly fire air attack (PBM Mariner of Patrol Squadron 210) or possibly mines laid by U-214 Panama Canal Zone
Escolar SS-294 Lost between 17 October and 13 November 1944 Cause unknown, probably naval mine Yellow Sea
Flier SS-250 12 August 1944 Sunk by naval mine Balabac Strait, Philippines (7°58'43.21"N 117°15'23.79"E)
Golet SS-361 14 June 1944 Lost to enemy action by escorts Miya Maru and Bunzan Maru Northern Japanese waters
Grampus SS-207 5 March 1943 Lost to enemy action by destroyers Minegumo and Murasame, or possibly to air attack by 958th Kōkūtai naval aircraft New Britain
Grayback SS-208 27 February 1944 Lost to enemy air attack Ryukyu Islands
Grayling SS-209 Lost between 9 and 12 September 1943 Cause unknown; possibly rammed by transport Hokuan Maru Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
Grenadier SS-210 21 April 1943 Scuttled following enemy air attack Strait of Malacca
Growler SS-215 8 November 1944 Cause unknown; possibly sunk by its own torpedo or lost to enemy action by destroyer Shigure and two other escorts Philippines
Grunion SS-216 30 July 1942 Sunk due to accidents caused by circular run of own torpedo.[7] Kiska Island, Alaska
Gudgeon SS-211 18 April 1944 Cause unknown; possibly air attack Maug Islands or possibly Iwo Jima[8]
Harder SS-257 24 August 1944 Lost to enemy action by kaibokan CD-22 Dasol Bay, Philippines
Herring SS-233 1 June 1944 Lost to enemy shore batteries Kuril Islands
Kete SS-369 Lost between 19 and 31 March 1945 Cause unknown; possibly enemy submarine or mines Ryukyu Islands
Lagarto SS-371 3 May 1945 Lost to enemy action by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka Gulf of Thailand
Perch SS-176 3 March 1942 Scuttled following enemy action by Japanese destroyer Ushio Java
Pickerel SS-177 Lost between 3 and 30 April 1943 Cause unknown; possible enemy actions include one by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru on 3 April 1943 Northern Honshu
Pompano SS-181 Lost between 17 September and 30 October 1943 Cause unknown; possibly naval mine or enemy action Northern Honshu
R-12 SS-89 12 June 1943 Cause unknown; foundered on training exercise off Key West, Florida
Robalo SS-273 26 July 1944 Cause unknown; probably naval mine West of Palawan Island
Runner SS-275 Lost between 26 June and 15 July 1943 Cause unknown; possibly naval mine Hokkaido
S-26 SS-131 24 January 1942 Sunk after accidental collision with USS Sturdy (PC-460)[9] Gulf of Panama
S-27 SS-132 19 June 1942 Accidental grounding Amchitka Island, Alaska
S-28 SS-133 4 July 1944 Cause unknown; foundered during anti-submarine exercise Oahu, Hawaii
S-36 SS-141 20 January 1942 Accidental grounding Makassar Strait
S-39 SS-144 14 August 1942 Accidental grounding Rossel Island
S-44 SS-155 7 October 1943 Enemy action by Japanese escort Ishigaki Kurile Islands
Scamp SS-277 11 November 1944 Enemy action by kaibokan CD-4 and aircraft Tokyo Bay
Scorpion SS-278 Lost between 6 and 30 January 1944 Cause unknown; probably naval mine East China Sea
Sculpin SS-191 19 November 1943 Scuttled following enemy action by Japanese destroyer Yamagumo Gilbert Islands
Sealion SS-195 10 December 1941 Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines
Seawolf SS-197 4 October 1944 Probably sunk by "friendly fire" from USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403) Morotai Island
Shark SS-174 Lost between 8 February and 7 March 1942 Cause unknown; possibly sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze or other enemy action Molucca Sea
Shark SS-314 24 October 1944 Lost to enemy action by Japanese destroyer Harukaze Luzon Strait
Snook SS-279 Lost between 9 and 20 April 1945 Cause unknown South China Sea
Swordfish SS-193 Lost between 9 and 30 January 1945 Cause unknown; possibly enemy action or naval mine Ryukyu Islands
Tang SS-306 25 October 1944 Sunk by circular run of own torpedo Formosa Strait
Trigger SS-237 28 March 1945 Lost to enemy action by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59; assisted by air attack Ryukyu Islands
Triton SS-201 15 March 1943 Cause unknown; probably enemy action Admiralty Islands
Trout SS-202 29 February 1944 Cause unknown; probably enemy action by Japanese destroyer Asashimo or circular run of own torpedo Okinawa
Tullibee SS-284 26 March 1944 Sunk by circular run of own torpedo Palau Islands
Wahoo SS-238 11 October 1943 Lost to air and surface attack by submarine chasers CH-15, CH-43 and 3 E13A1 Jakes La Perouse Strait
At 47:44 we see that a $25 dollar reward was offered for the capture of Guggenberger when he escaped as a prisoner of war. That tells us just how highly regarded he was.
Yeah,
What a story.
Big thanks to the movie Maker and
To them who Really Making this history Through.
Excellent story.
U515 isn't the last of it's class. U505 resides restored to factory condition in Chicago, Illinois.
Mind blowing documentary 👌 🙌 👏 🙏
Good show cone👍
I stayed at the Treasure Key Hotel , Abaco Island, Bahamas in the eighties.
A photo of a German U-boat was displayed behind the front desk.
The story went that the owner of the hotel , Paul Scmidt, who was the Commander of a German submarine
.Schmidt viewed the beach in November 1944, and vowed to return and build a house there if he survived the war.He obviously survived.
It would be very interesting to find out all the details of this submarine like the "U number" , its crew and mission.
To think about how I a hardened patriot, can willingly give respect to our enemies gives me hope for humanity
True
"American Mariner seaplanes..." while video shows Catalinas XD. Oh well, at least it's free.
Summary of my Comment Below:- The Germans Treated my Dad Very Well when he was Wounded in Africa in WW2.
My dad was wounded in Operation Crusader in a place called Sedi Rezegh, he ended up being a POW in a hospital tent which was deserted by the British Medics .... and Rommel's medics took over! Rommel actually visited this tent hospital and had a chat to the head of the New Zealand Division Major General Howard Kippenberger. I could tell more but not tonight!
There are 45 u-boats unaccounted for to this day
War time chivalry to save others even your enemies shows that no matter what colors we fight under we all bleed the same color
Great special.
Greate story. Thanks from Denmark 🇩🇰
This film pays tribute to the German U boat submariners who gave their lives for Germany and didn't come back and are still on patroll for their fathersland.
No, they fought only for their glory, killing almost solely civilians .... thus being just mass murderers, nothing less, nothing more.
Donitz should have been hanged, and does Speer.
I pay tribute to all the submariners.
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Buenisimo 😎
She was the most modernised of the R class.
Just so; unfortunate slip.
very good