II wojna światowa: U-333 i kulisy drugiego niesamowitego patrolu u wschodnich wybrzeży USA w 1942 r.

If you like my content, you can buy me a virtual coffee if you'd like: https://buycoffee.to/nieznaneoblicza Thank you. Link to my book "The Battle of the Atlantic. A War Epic from 1939-1945": https://www.legimi.pl/ebook-bitwa-o-a... Link to my book "U-Boots. Incredible Missions of World War II": https://www.legimi.pl/ebook-u-booty-n... Free excerpt from the book "U-Boots. Incredible Missions of World War II": https://drive.google.com/file/d/16efP... Get interesting additional bonuses!!! If you liked the episode, you can support the channel's development through Patronite.pl and receive extra perks: https://patronite.pl/Nieznane.oblicza You can also buy a symbolic coffee as a token of gratitude for the prepared material by clicking this link: https://buycoffee.to/nieznaneoblicza Thank you in advance for all your support. In the spring of 1942, the commander of the German submarine U-333, Captain-Leutnant Peter-Erich Cremer, was preparing to conduct his next combat patrol, the purpose of which was to combat the American merchant fleet. Cremer could not have known at the time that this patrol would prove to be exceptional in many respects, and during its duration, the survival of the entire U-333 crew would repeatedly be in doubt. Welcome to another episode of Unknown Faces of World War II, and I invite you to listen to the behind-the-scenes footage of the extraordinary second combat patrol of the U-333 crew in the area near the eastern coast of the United States. After a less than successful first combat patrol in January 1942 in the North Atlantic waters off the eastern coast of North America, during which U-333's commander, Peter-Erich Cremer, mistakenly torpedoed the German blockade breaker Spreewald, at the end of March 1942 the ship was scheduled to embark on a second long voyage to the eastern coast of the United States, to combat their merchant fleet there as part of Operation Paukenschlag. The crew of U-333 sailed from the base in La Pallice, France, on this patrol on March 30, 1942, but after only four days of voyage, they encountered the first danger lurking in the airspace. The U-boat was unexpectedly attacked by the crew of a British bomber, and its commander, Cremer, recalled those moments as follows: "I was in the best of form, the watch on The bridge kept an exemplary watch. Visibility was good, with a few scattered clouds in the sky. And from one of them, a plane suddenly dropped, flying straight at us. Alarm! Ballast vents open. The U-333 was gurgling and taking in water. However, a vortex remained on the surface, indicating the spot where we had sunk. Less than a minute had passed, during which we had descended to a depth of only 30 meters, when a double splash was heard, and a moment later, two aircraft depth charges exploded with a deafening bang. The impact of the change in water pressure caused by the explosion threw everyone to the ground. Crates and boxes, tucked in every nook and cranny, fell with a crash, glass from broken light bulbs scattered – the lights went out, and automatic circuit breakers tripped. The gyrocompass mounted on the control room wall shattered, and worse still, the covers and valves of the ballast tanks leaked – with A jet of diesel fuel gushed from a three-finger-wide crack. The rudders failed, but the submarine stopped at a depth of 80 meters and could be steered manually.