WW2 Newsreel : U-boat / Christmas in the Caribbean Sea

[willem1submerged]

Interesting footage! Based on the whereabouts of the U boats end of December 1942 this could well have been the U217 on its second patrol. According to the KTB (warlog) of German Naval Command the U217 operated near Curacao and Aruba on December 26. On June 5th 1943 U217 was sunk in the mid Atlantic by an Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. All hand were lost

[Ticonio]

if type XXI would had been available in 1943 Deutschland wins the war!!!

[phalanx1000]

Quite cheerful music as an enemy ship sinks and dozens of people drown/burn to death.

[Ticonio]

each side tells its story

[lemswaiter]

This is a real service to the historical records. Thank you.

[icool001]

steve job will make a boat that literally invisible its called iboat

[Celeon999A]

Hopefully it will feature a removable battery.

One cannot sent the whole sub around the world just to replace them stupid batteries. ;-)

[Dcp0421]

thanks for uploading this video its good to see video of my island

[winchuni22]

Fantastic video. With these uploads, the film will never be lost, even when the originals are un-playable. Great work.

[CrocodileHoges]

Thank you for posting, was wondering while viewing this if

these chaps or their boat survived the war?

[Celeon999A]

Sadly i dont know.

They do not mention the number of the boat nor the name of the commander.

Which isnt unusual as this was usually kept secret from the public and with that also from allied intelligence.

It is obviously a type VII-C , five of which were sunk in the carribean sea but this does not necessarily mean that it was one of them.

[ManilaSyndicate]

Thanks for uploading a moment from history, Celeon. As one who has long been fascinated by the valiant and tragic U-Boat arm, this has been an interesting vid.

[ColbertNation88]

Great video! thanks for posting.

[dgenem]

Thank you very much for posting this excellent bit of history.

[AdlerGrosmann]

Very interesting movie about the U-boat and how they worked. Kinda like Silent Hunter III only if more options were available.

[jayzee1980]

Richtig geiles Hack-Wetter! Da macht Seefahrt Spass!