Waking The Titanic – The Tragic Story of the Irish Emigrants | History Documentary Watch ‘ Who Sank The Titanic? – The Secrets Behind the History ‘ here: https://youtu.be/T2NFMzbt0FE Between 1850 and 1920 over 3 million people – half the population – emigrated from Ireland, escaping desperate poverty. Believing America to be a saviour and […]
Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 6: Fatal Voyage | History Documentary Watch ‘Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 1’ here: https://youtu.be/cMId5uxZrDc In this episode: December, 1943. Fueled by the loss of mentor and friend Dudley “Mush” Morton, Richard Hetherington O’Kane and his submarine USS Tang set out to assault Japanese shipping. In four patrols […]
Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 5: Destroyer Killer | History Documentary Watch ‘Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 6’ here: https://youtu.be/gUc7vgjjNKI In this episode: June, 1944. Six allied commandos spying on Japanese ship movement fall under threat when their covert operation is discovered by the enemy. Stuck in the jungles of occupied Borneo, the […]
Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 4: Atlantic Showdown | History Documentary Watch ‘Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 5’ here: https://youtu.be/9G92HkPEy-A In this episode: In March 1943, two Allied convoys, HX.229 and SC.122, set sail from North America to Britain, comprising nearly 100 ships carrying vital food and raw materials for the Allied war […]
Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 3: America Fights Back | History Documentary Watch ‘Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 4’ here: https://youtu.be/UJD35NVt4XE In this episode: January 1943. America’s submarine force struggles to gain an edge in the South Pacific. Dudley “Mush” Morton, Commander of USS Wahoo, sets out to turn the tide. The new skipper […]
Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 2: Hitler’s Revenge | History Documentary Watch ‘Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 3’ here: https://youtu.be/BLAOfG-HRGk In this episode: December 1941-following the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor, five Nazi U-boats set out on a secret mission to attack ships off the shores of the United States to thwart the […]
Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 1: The Wolfpack | History Documentary Watch ‘Hell Below – Season 1, Episode 2’ here: https://youtu.be/wUzcMoGbfd4 In this episode: The wolfpack tactic was made famous by Admiral Karl Dönitz, Hitler’s mastermind of submariners. His strategy: to send teams of U-boats to bear against the convoys of ships heading from Canada […]
In the opening weeks of World War 1, SMS Emden had already wiped out 60% of Allied commerce. Emboldened by this wave of terror, Korvettenkapitän Karl von Müller set his sights on a target far beyond mere merchant ships. On September 22, 1914, the German cruiser approached Madras, one of the British Empire’s key ports […]
The Buckley-class destroyer escorts were smaller and cheaper alternatives to standard US Navy destroyers. However, they were outstanding vessels when it came to anti-submarine warfare and escort duties. And USS England was one of them. Armed with the powerful British-designed 24-barrel Hedgehog mortar, England was equipped with all the essential features that made her an […]
A secret research endeavor under the direction of the British Admiralty led to the development of a unique weapon that would change the course of maritime warfare during World War 2. The result of trial and error, this anti-submarine projector turned the tides against the Nazi U-boats and wreaked havoc in the Pacific. Instead of […]
