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The nightmares of Allied cargo shipping, the German U-Boats reigned supreme in the turbulent seas tulsa weather during 1940-1942. Taking one of these U-Boats as an example, the U-505 submarine sunk an impressive 8 ships and yet still was below the devastating 14:1 average of the early war years. But what did life look like beneath the 1,120 t exterior?
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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Robert de Graaf
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