Naval Warfare

A Nazi U-boat crew shipwrecked in Canada try to flee to the neutral United States

Before Dec. 7, 1941, the US merchant mariners brought supplies to the Russians; with Humphrey Bogart

War on U-boats attacking Allied ship convoys

U-boats in 1941

British submariners go after the German ship the Brandenburg

Destruction of the Graf Spee, Montevideo, Uruguay, December 1939

Sinking of Germany's most powerful battleship, May 27, 1941

British raid on large ship dock at St. Nazaire, France, March 28, 1942

A British midget submarine raid damages German battleship Tirpitz, September 1943

The USS Mason, with an African-American crew, was the only such ship to sail into combat, fighting Nazi U-boats

Mini-series about German u-boat sinks the Laconia, a cruise ship transformed into a troop ship, September 12, 1942; leads to ban on U-boats picking up survivors

In the Aegean Sea, Britain's Special Boat Squadron sabotages Axis air bases

The USA gives Great Britain 3 ageing battleships; one of them is named "The Gift Horse" and proves very useful in a sea battle