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Uploaded by on Oct 29, 2008

Discovery-News.com: Did you know German subs were parked just a few miles from our beaches, hunting merchant ships during World War II? Jorge Ribas gets a history lesson.

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  • That voice over guy sounds like Owen Wilson ( Wedding crashers )

  • @Sodiumreactor The Milchkühe, they only had 10 they with all being sunk by 1944.

  • They sunk several ships off Marylands coast like 5-6! Neat stuff!

  • @wastedtubers They were often attacked and it was more dangerous to work at a tender then at a submarine. When they were in very hostile waters they used big submarines striped of weapons as tenders.

  • @Sodiumreactor : what kept the sub tenders from being found and attacked?

  • @wastedtubers they had sub tenders that could re-supply them at sea

  • i hate commercials

  • @BongsIzRippin What? The submarine was busy sinking as many merchant ships as it could sink, war is a dirty business. If the intention had been to murder the crewmen in the water there would be considerably cheaper ways of doing it than launching several depth charges.

  • The USS Roper was a navy destoryer, not a Coast guard ship. These guys don't know jackshit.

  • @BongsIzRippin Bullshit. It's called war. A week before u 85 was sunk they sank an unarmed merchant ship with the loss of all hands, died in the water. At least the Germans got a funeral.

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