Basic Info

First Air: January 01, 1997

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 3

Last Episode

Name: Iron Coffins

Season: 1, Episode: 3

Air Date: 1997-01-15

Runtime: 52 min

The largest U-Boat housed 44 crew members who lived in their weapons of war for days on end in cramped and squalid conditions. Of the 38,000 men who fought in these machines during World War II, 30,000 would die in their iron coffins. Experience the Allied strategies and tactics of the 1943 that caused the men in the U-boats to suffer the highest mortality rate of any fighting unit in the history of war.

U-Boat War

1997 1 seasons 3 episodes

Overview

In World War II, Lethal German U-Boats sailed all over the world wreaking havoc and destruction. This unique documentary series charts the true close-run fight that took place. With rare, original footage of actual battle scenes and interviews with U-boat commanders and crew members from both Allied and Axis naval forces. These three episodes give the viewers an inside look at the destructive nature of these deadly "Iron Coffins"

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Documentary War & Politics

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