German U-Boat Crew Expected to Die — But British Sailors Rescued Them From the Sea

In the spring of 1941, a crippled German U-boat surfaced three hundred miles south of Iceland, and her crew braced for the gunfire they'd been promised was certain. Instead, Royal Navy sailors threw lines into the freezing water and pulled their enemies aboard. Then they sent a boarding party onto the sinking submarine itself. This is the story of U-110, the eight volunteers who risked everything to reach her decks before she went under, the Enigma machine and code books that let Britain read German naval communications for months without Berlin ever knowing, and the German sailors who survived a war they'd been told would end in their execution. Topics: U-110 capture 1941, HMS Bulldog Enigma, Battle of the Atlantic, Fritz-Julius Lemp U-boat commander, Bletchley Park codebreaking, German U-boat crew rescued Royal Navy, Bismarck survivors rescue, British naval history WW2, U-boat warfare North Atlantic, Joe Baker-Cresswell, German POW treatment Britain WW2, Enigma machine capture Sources: Balme, David — Enigma: The Untold Story of the Secret Capture (2010) Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh — Enigma: The Battle for the Code (2000) Blair, Clay — Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942 (1996) Imperial War Museum Archive — iwm.org.uk The National Archives UK — nationalarchives.gov.uk Disclaimer: All images, graphics and video footage used in this production are either created, licensed, or legally transformed under fair use. All materials have been transformed during production to meet the criteria of fair use under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976. #BritishHistory #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #RoyalNavy #Enigma