Too little has been written to date on Germany's "Schnellboote" in the Second World War. Known by the Allies as E-Boats (Enemy Boats) the S Boote played havoc on Allied naval operations in the English channel and elsewhere. Many of their captains were amongst the most decorated of any branch of the [...]
On 4th August 1906, the U1 submarine was delivered to the Imperial German Navy by the Germaniawerft shipyards in Kiel. Eight years later, on the eve of the outbreak of World War I, twenty-eight U-boats were ready to take to the sea and launch an offensive against the supremacy of the Royal Navy. Thi[...]