`Good Hunting`: German Submarine Offensives and South African
... UDF intelligence summary of 1940, it was estimated that the Italian submarines stationed at Massawa held a definite threat to South African merchant shipping. It was realised that, if the Italian submarines could use Kismayu in Italian Somaliland as a forward operational base, and in some instances ...
... UDF intelligence summary of 1940, it was estimated that the Italian submarines stationed at Massawa held a definite threat to South African merchant shipping. It was realised that, if the Italian submarines could use Kismayu in Italian Somaliland as a forward operational base, and in some instances ...
Slaughter of the Milk Cows
... optimizing its fleet with fully operational coastal and ocean-going boats such as the proven Type II and VII. The subject remained dormant another five years until Adm. Karl Donitz again brought up the matter in a 1939 letter to Naval headquarters proposing construction of three supply boats with 20 ...
... optimizing its fleet with fully operational coastal and ocean-going boats such as the proven Type II and VII. The subject remained dormant another five years until Adm. Karl Donitz again brought up the matter in a 1939 letter to Naval headquarters proposing construction of three supply boats with 20 ...
A History of the Submarine U-153, 1939-1942
... tons of Allied trade. He was the central player in the Laconia incident in which his boat was attacked by US aircraft despite undertaking a rescue mission and declaring truce in the clear via radio. This resulted in an order for U-boat commanders not to rescue Allied survivors.xxvii It must have bee ...
... tons of Allied trade. He was the central player in the Laconia incident in which his boat was attacked by US aircraft despite undertaking a rescue mission and declaring truce in the clear via radio. This resulted in an order for U-boat commanders not to rescue Allied survivors.xxvii It must have bee ...
The U-Boat
... • The U-Boats were German submarines that attacked Allied ships. • World War II submarines were like regular boats, only they could submerge into the water. Men had to live in cramped spaces, and sometimes the stale air was freezing in the sub. • The chance of losing your life inside one of these UB ...
... • The U-Boats were German submarines that attacked Allied ships. • World War II submarines were like regular boats, only they could submerge into the water. Men had to live in cramped spaces, and sometimes the stale air was freezing in the sub. • The chance of losing your life inside one of these UB ...
SUBMARINES` SWANSON G THE second half of 1944 saw the
... lifeboats, were picked up and landed at Albany and Fremantle . O n 5th November the British Marion Moller (3,827 tons) was torpedoed an d sunk about 100 miles north of Trincomalee . Because of bad coal she ha d straggled from a Colombo to Calcutta convoy . H .M .A .S . Norman (Lieut Commander Plunke ...
... lifeboats, were picked up and landed at Albany and Fremantle . O n 5th November the British Marion Moller (3,827 tons) was torpedoed an d sunk about 100 miles north of Trincomalee . Because of bad coal she ha d straggled from a Colombo to Calcutta convoy . H .M .A .S . Norman (Lieut Commander Plunke ...
The U-Boat War 1939
... Of 1,162 U-Boats built during the war, 751 were lost. 30,003 U-Boat sailors lost their lives at sea – a 75% loss rate that does not include those injured or permanently affected by their horrific experiences. Many U-Boat sailors had several boats sunk under them, only to go back to sea again until t ...
... Of 1,162 U-Boats built during the war, 751 were lost. 30,003 U-Boat sailors lost their lives at sea – a 75% loss rate that does not include those injured or permanently affected by their horrific experiences. Many U-Boat sailors had several boats sunk under them, only to go back to sea again until t ...
WWII Virtual Field Trip
... implications of the Holocaust survivors, as well as the strategies developed to achieve ultimate victory during this devastating time in history. Become an active participant as you allow these virtual activities to transport you back in time. Click, learn, and enjoy ...
... implications of the Holocaust survivors, as well as the strategies developed to achieve ultimate victory during this devastating time in history. Become an active participant as you allow these virtual activities to transport you back in time. Click, learn, and enjoy ...
U-Boats
... On 12 September, 1942 U-156 sank the Allied liner LANCONIA west of Africa 136-man crew, some 80 civilians, military material and personnel (268 men) Approx. 1800 Italian prisoners of war onboard In the next days U-156 rescued some 400 survivors - 200 on board and the other 200 in lifeboats ...
... On 12 September, 1942 U-156 sank the Allied liner LANCONIA west of Africa 136-man crew, some 80 civilians, military material and personnel (268 men) Approx. 1800 Italian prisoners of war onboard In the next days U-156 rescued some 400 survivors - 200 on board and the other 200 in lifeboats ...
Laconia incident
The Laconia incident refers to the controversial events surrounding the sinking and subsequent aborted rescue attempt of a British troopship in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. On 12 September 1942, RMS Laconia under the command of Capt. Rudolph Sharp and carrying some 2,732 crew, passengers, soldiers and POWs, was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-156 off the coast of West Africa. Operating partly under the dictates of the old prize rules, the U-boat commander, Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein, immediately commenced rescue operations, broadcasting their humanitarian intent on open radio channels to all Allied forces in the area, and were joined by the crews of other U-boats in the vicinity. Heading on the surface to a rendezvous with Vichy French ships under Red Cross banners, with their foredeck laden with survivors, U-156 was deliberately attacked by a USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber. The bomber, which had confirmed and reported the U-boat's intentions and the presence of survivors to higher command, was explicitly ordered to attack the ship anyway. The B-24 ended up killing dozens of the Laconia 's survivors with bombs and strafing attacks, forcing U-156 to cast their remaining passengers into the sea and crash dive to avoid being destroyed. The pilots of the B-24 inexplicably reported that they had sunk U-156, and were awarded medals for bravery.The event seriously chilled the general attitude of Germany's naval personnel towards rescuing stranded Allied seamen, and the commanders of the Kriegsmarine (German navy) were shortly issued the ""Laconia Order"" by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz which specifically forbade any such attempt, thus helping to usher in unrestricted submarine warfare for the Kriegsmarine. Neither the US pilots nor their commander were ever punished or even investigated, and the matter was quietly forgotten by the US military until the Nuremburg Trials, when a prosecutorial attempt to cite the Laconia Order as proof of war crimes by Dönitz and his submariners badly backfired and embarrassed the US when the full story of the incident emerged. One international bestseller and numerous articles on the subject have been published, and a 2011 television film produced about the incident.