With Nazi submarines mercilessly stalking the Atlantic, American forces were finally able to gain the upper hand. Travelling in mighty convoys and attacking from above, they dealt a final death blow to Hitler’s unrelenting reign of underwater terror. Today, we follow a research team on their quest to chart the wrecks from this forgotten WWII battleground, starting with an ambitious deep-sea dive to finally uncover a ghostly German U-boat that became an eternal tomb for its crew.
With Nazi submarines mercilessly stalking the Atlantic, American forces were finally able to gain the upper hand. Travelling in mighty convoys and attacking from above, they dealt a final death blow to Hitler’s unrelenting reign of underwater terror. Today, we follow a research team on their quest to chart the wrecks from this forgotten WWII battleground, starting with an ambitious deep-sea dive to finally uncover a ghostly German U-boat that became an eternal tomb for its crew.