Dazzle Camouflage Made It Harder To Hit Ships By Using A Unique Process
The threat presented by German U-boats led to the adoption of ‘dazzle’ camouflage for merchant shipping crossing the Atlantic Ocean. German submarines were a truly…
U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: Finding the second-largest naval war grave in the Channel & it’s a Kriegsmarine wreck (image heavy)
BACK WHEN YOU COULD COUNT the number of trimix divers in the UK on the fingers of two hands, I began working on a list…
‘The most intact U-boat wreck I’ve ever seen’ U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney – The Discovery of U778
German submarine U-778 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II. She only completed one combat patrol and sank…
Amazing Story of How Six WW2 Airmen Survived Weeks At Sea!
After their Halifax Bomber was lost to the Atlantic Ocean, six WWII airmen found themselves desperately striving to save their own lives. The Halifax, with its…
The Family That Survived A U-Boat Attack
Many people fantasize about the excitement, the challenge and the adrenalin rush of high adventure. They envy those who parachute from burning planes, flee from…
U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U1003
U-1003 escaped an attack by a 120 Squadron Liberator on 20 March 1945 but was rammed at periscope depth on the next evening by the…
Could the Nazis have conquered the United States?
Considering some of the different outcomes that could have happened during World War Two, historians and researchers have looked closely at how and what would…
Remembering the Battle of Jutland
Very rarely one witnesses the event like the one that is planned by the British and German Naval authorities to be held next year. Warships…
‘The most intact U-boat wreck I’ve ever seen’ U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney – The Discovery of U778
German submarine U-778 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II. She only completed one combat patrol and sank…
Enigma Machine Sells for $269,000 at Recent Auction, Proves it is Still a Powerful Machine
Just recently at a Bonhams auction, one of the last few Enigma machines known to be still in existence has been sold. Alongside the Enigma…
Drawings of German Booby-traps Discovered in Britain
A set of valuable drawings and impressions of Second World War booby-traps and stealth bombs used by Germans has been discovered after almost seven decades.…
Could the Nazis have conquered the United States?
Considering some of the different outcomes that could have happened during World War Two, historians and researchers have looked closely at how and what would…