When a German U-Boat Surrenders in 1945

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[@joeschenk8400]

This is a great find. I like the camo pattern on the destroyer escort and the white PBY Catalina flying boat. At the 4:30 mark there is an ocean going fleet tug. I don't think there is any one weapon that was most important but I think the introduction of B-24 Liberators was very important. The Liberators and the escort carriers could provide air cover across the entire Atlantic. Thanks for a great post.

[@weldermartins2715]

probably the escort destroyer is USS Pope or USS Pillsbury, camo scheme is MS 32 3D

[@roseschmidt4443]

Nice job! Just fyi -- It is pronounced Ft. MILES and the town is pronounced "Louis" (Lewes). Ft. Miles is just south of the town of Lewes, DE on Cape Henlopen, which is now a state park and part of the military installation as been retained/restored. The sub was towed to Philadelphia and scrapped. Every year, there is a reenactment of the surrender, with Cape Henlopen HS students playing many of the German submariners. The word for the German Navy is pronounce "Kregs marine" (die Kriegsmarine)

[@Philobiblion]

Very nicely put together and sensibly documented like Mark Felton. Good history.

[@jamesandjelic7807]

I am glad that fate allowed the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to acquire the U-505 German U-boat. Millions of visitors have been able to see, touch and actually walk through this piece of history.

[@drdghattierdc]

Actually it's the 505. Since 1954.

[@jamesandjelic7807]

@drdghattierdc Hahaha, thanx! U 235 is an isotope of uranium!

[@scottschumacher5844]

Toured that boat (display) several times. It’s still on my mind 40 years later.

[@hopefaithlove9646]

Yep was there few years back ! Great Experience can not imagine being Down that deep under the Atlantic middle 1943 middle of War in this submarine ❤️🙏❤️

[@acousticshadow4032]

Toured the U-505 about 30 years ago. Great experience. Unfortunate they didn't have the foresight to keep the U-858 in the Portsmouth Navy Yard.

[@johnhuntzinger5210]

Correction: The name of the fort off Lewes, DE is Fort Miles. There is also a coastal artillery museum in the fort. The museum also contains an artifact from the U-858-the anti-aircraft gun recovered from the wreck of the submarine.

[@JohnSmyth-l6i]

Why does the title refer to "U-Boat surrendered in 1944" in lieu of 1945?

[@LongBinh70]

In my estimation, the most significant anti-submarine weapon has to be the hedgehog. It took guessing the enemy's depth out of the equation.

[@sixmax11]

13,000 miles? how much fuel did this boat have? that's like half way around the globe.

[@ieatoutoften872]

The thumbnail title said the submarine in this video surrenderd in '1944', when it actually surrendered 2 days after WW2 in Europe ended (10 May "1945") says this same video. Therefore, this video is clickbait.

[@VOOODOOO37]

Surrendered on 14 May 1945

[@mplate1792]

The breaking of the German enigma code deserved a mention as far reasons the tide was turned.

[@richardnixon4345]

I thought the tide turned every 12 hours

[@mplate1792]

@@richardnixon4345 LOL

[@jurgschupbach3059]

Was it Lend Lease up to Murmansk?

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

The HEDGEHOG was the end of german u- boats rampaging across the atlantic.Thanks for this great video,brother.😊

[@bobbylee2853]

The deck gun became superfluous and was removed.

[@ptsmith4660]

video should be one minute long , horrible click bait

[@bivideo7]

"Surrendered". Literacy enhances credibility.

[@williampawson5476]

Why would the Germans needd to overcome the necessity of bringing their soldiers and war materials TO EUROPE FROM THE UNITED STATES???? That's sure what it sounds like you are saying ... also I thought the war ended in 1945, not 1944 .... "SURRENDERED" makes more sense in the title....

[@berneroberland]

Some years before, the first U SS Nuclear Submarine, the famous Nautilus SSN-571 , it was basically the last Nazi u boot type XXI with the only different propulsion...

[@oculusangelicus8978]

The advancement of weapon design and capabilities were all together, contributors to the success of Allied fighting against Germany. We have to take a moment to consider just how effective the German War Machine truly was. in many aspects Germany was more than twenty years ahead of any other nation on earth, most particularly in Rocketry and the development of dumb-fire missiles the V1. Which was overcome by the second variant the V2 Rocket. And this knowledge was not lost on the allies, and it also makes every American Proud to know that the USA alone, with her considerable production capabilities and the Government's influx of money for R&D made it that America was the nation the supplied weapons and armament to Not only Great Britain but Also Russia. Which Greatly Benefitted Russia because their knowledge and designs were outright horrible until they had real quality productions placed into their hands by America by the Lend-lease Program. So many weapons and tank knowledge were gleaned from American designs that it made Russia a world power. However, getting back to your question, I think the greatest contributor to the war effort in the Atlantic theater of operations, and also the Pacific theater as well, would be RADAR! Radar was the most important addition to the Allied cause in WW2, and what was even better is that the Germans were so absorbed in their own designs they failed to realize there was more than one way to create radar, they sent airships up and down the mainland of the English Channel listening for frequencies they thought were the only way Radar could be used. and if they hadn't been stymying themselves with their confirmation bias, they would have realized that they had indeed been detecting British radar signals but ignored them because they felt that the frequencies were too low to be effective Radar. So, During the Battle of Britain, British Hurricanes and Spitfire were always able to get airborne before the Nazis could get over Britain, and their resistance was stiff enough to discourage Hitler as well as able to capture or kill most of the Luftwaffe's top pilots that they began to fail miserably over Britain. So, Radar is the single most important contributor to the war effort in Europe. If Britain had not been able to develop Radar, the battle over Britain might have ended much differently, and what most British people do not realize is that the Gestapo already had a plan ready in which they would have eventually pacified the British population and modern day specialists agree that it would have been eventually successful. AND they had a list of people they knew were not going to let the invasion go easily and put anyone with a mind to lead a rebellion on a death list, as well as some of the world's greatest minds, including Albert Einstein, who was also Jewish. Thank goodness for the inventions that made beating Germany possible. Germany was a considerably difficult foe to fight against, because, Hitler, for all of his drawbacks poured money into R&D development making Germany a nation with significantly advanced technology. Not only that, but much of our medical knowledge today is based upon Germany's inhumane treatment and experimentation on human subjects. and although it was a hard decision to make such knowledge available and put it to use, most felt that if the knowledge was sealed and destroyed it would have made the suffering of those who died under Nazi Germany's brutal designs, pointless and useless, so it was deemed best used to the benefit of their fellow men than to be sealed away or destroyed.

[@Mike-tu7uw]

Germany lost whatever slim chance they had of winning the war when they invaded the Soviet Union. Yes they pored a lot of money and effort into “wonder weapons “ but 75 percent of the army was horse drawn. The battle of the Atlantic? They never came close to winning. The type 7 and type 9 u boats from 1943 onward were obsolete, literally floating death traps for the crews.

[@rickden8362]

Breaking the Enigma machine was the key factor. It kept the brits in the war until the US entered at which point it was all over, if invading the USSR didn't do it.

[@richardshiggins704]

Very interesting . It's range and maritime autonomy was amazing for a non nuclear powered submarine . It is shame it was not decommissioned and displayed in a maritime museum .

[@fjp3305]

Yes, it surprised me that its range was 13.000 nm.

[@pogmothoin1342]

Ft Miles not Ft Myers

[@eimlostkaput5183]

decoding enigma

[@christophergallagher531]

That includes me.

[@matthewbratton3825]

The blimps were an effective anti-submarine weapon that was used along the coasts of the U.S. They could sink a submerged U-Boat if it encountered one.

[@jamesmichael3607]

Holy smokes, read more . Please not messing with you, book Black flag, and how surrendering uboat crews were treated or not as Ww2 ended. Stop the sterilization of history plz