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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 Images of German U-Boats are Revealing and Strange

The images are eerie and ghostly to put them mildly, depicting the cramped and hostile conditions of the First World War’s most deadly ‘killing machine’.…

‘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…

The Discovery of U-155 – U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney

U-155 had the youngest U-boat commander during the war since Von Friedeburg was only 20 years old. In December, Kptlt. Erwin Witte took over and…

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…

MUST READ: 42 amazing images from a dive onto U89 by Dr Innes McCarthy the U Boat hunter

Amazing images from Dr Innes McCartney – the condition of this wreck is incredible. U89 survived just over six months in service before it sunk…

German U-boat surrender at Londonderry remembered

German U-boat surrender

On the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, one of the major parts of the German surrender was the Nazi U-boat fleet.…

U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney: discovery of U637

The wreck is a very intact VIIC, which under normal circumstances would be difficult to tell from any other VIICs sunk during Operation Deadlight. However,…

Biggest wartime shelter in Britain sheds light on life during the Second World War

wartime shelter

[Via] The biggest air raid shelter in the UK gives an idea of how Britons lived during the biggest and deadliest conflict of the 20th…

‘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…

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…

GUEST BLOGGER U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U2506 (image heavy)

By Dr Innes McCartney During the Operation Deadlight Expeditions, we aimed to find, record and identify some of the 116 U-boats that were dumped at…