U-Boats at War

U-Boats at War

Together with a formidable surface fleet, the U-boats challenged the Royal Navy's traditional supremacy of the oceans, countering Britain's strength in numbers with reign of silent terror. A decade of secret rebuilding had brought forth capital ships like Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen - names to strike fear into any allied seafarer. But it was from under the water that the biggest threat was to come. Commanded by Admiral Karl Doenitz, the submarines laid waste to shipping, cutting supply lines and striking from within convoys where Allied escorts dare not use guns. The U-boat captains were the equivalent of Luftwaffe aces - ruthless, cunning and ice-cool under pressure.