March to December 1941. US president Roosevelt wanted to help Britain against the U-boat scourge but had to do so secretly. The result was a confusing, undeclared war against Germany. Meanwhile, more U-boats are finally coming online and the Battle...
May 1940 – February 1941. Even with his small fleet of U-boats, Karl Dönitz is making an impact while Germay’s new Italian friends join the fray. Meanwhile, Norway and France fall to the Nazis, providing Dönitz more bases to operate from...
The Kriegsmarine was not ready and Karl Dönitz knew it. But there was no escaping Hitler’s war. The U-boats would have to make do.
We’re in the Interbellum. While one half of the world was done with war, the other half was gearing up for a new one.
It’s 1918 and the convoy system has dashed any remaining hope of the German empire winning the war by U-boat.
It’s 1917 and the German high command has realized that they can’t go on like this. Great Britain must be brought to its knees before the United States will inevitably join the allies. And so the Kaiser bets all his money on the U-boat...
It’s 1915. With the Imperial Navy locked safely inside its harbours, the Germans decide to unleash their U-boats in the first bout of unrestricted submarine warfare. It does not go well.
German U-boats weren’t the first to fire, but when they did, they shocked the world.
This episode is dedicated to Ron Leers. Rest in peace, dad.
Without the Whitehead torpedo, submarines would probably have been but a blip in world history.
John P. Holland and Simon Lake were the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs of submarines. They didn’t know it then, but they changed the world. This episode is about these two giants who improved submarines, ironed out all the wrinkles, solved problems...