The Secret American Mission to Steal a Nazi U-Boat

On June 4, 1944, American warships forced the German submarine U-505 to the surface in the Atlantic. The normal order would have been to sink it. Instead, a specially trained team of U.S. sailors crossed the rough ocean, climbed onto the damaged U-boat, and entered its flooding interior before it could disappear beneath the waves. Inside, they faced scuttling charges, open valves, live torpedoes, and the possibility that German sailors were still hiding below deck. Their mission was to stop the submarine from sinking and recover the secret codebooks, communications equipment, and military intelligence Nazi Germany could not afford to lose. This is the incredible true story of U-505 — the Nazi submarine captured alive by the United States Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Subscribe to Forgotten War Stories for real stories of impossible missions, American courage, and enemies who never saw them coming. ____ Music: “Simulacra” by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au