Based on its experience in World War I, German Adm. Karl Doenitz's new generation ... combat-experienced U-boat captains were dispatched to the Atlantic coast in Operation Paukenschlag, picking ...

Did you know? In WWII the British troop ship, RMS Laconia, was sunk by a German U-boat. The U-boat captain Werner Hartenstein immediately ordered the rescue of as many survivors as possible ...

Maurice Jester, the Coast Guard cutter Icarus, shown here, sank a German U-boat off the North ... combat-experienced U-boat captains were dispatched to the Atlantic coast in Operation Paukenschlag ...