As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute those brave sailors. They performed their duties while under fire and the constant threat of coming under fire due to a severely damaged vessel that limited the ability to maneuver it properly, thereby saving the ship and themselves. Seamanship deserving of a medal.
Thank you for your service. I'm also a US Navy veteran too, I served from Aug 2001 - Dec 2010. I'm a submarine veteran, I was stationed on the USS Pennsylvania SSBN 735. How many years did you serve and on what commands?
They have very large ballast tank as an way to control the pressure of the U-boat from crushing itself due to the water pressure as they dive down lower.
Henke demanded that his men shave frequently, since U515 was a type IXC submarine which operated mostly in African or South American waters with extremely hot temperatures within a submarine. Many of the crew of U515 however thought that Henke simply did not like beards.
In April 1944, U-515 was sunk but 44 crew survived. U-515's commander, Werner Henke, was among the survivors. Later in June 1944, he was shot and killed trying to escape a secret interrogation center known as P. O. Box 1142 in Fort Hunt, Virginia, while being held as a prisoner of war.
Well he was a U BOAT Captain. Had he made it back. To Germany or an Alied Nation (at that time) like France. He just may have gotten another CREW and U BOAT. He's was a valueable asset to the German Navy. Only To Go On The HUNT Again. It Was War !!!
I watched a very good u boat show on hulu called das boot. There is aslo a old movie called das boot but this is a newer mini series show. It's very good shows what these guys went through on a u boat during the war
See the movie Das Boot. German with subtitles in English. Great movie and gives an idea of what it must have been like for the German Submariner. Think it's still on Netflix menu.
There was a U-boat that was badly damaged by a British aircraft. It couldn't submerge so the airplane kept circling until a destroyer showed up. The Germans surrendered under their captains orders, The cipher machine and code book were captured. Why the crew didn't destroy it, I don't know. It helped us win the war The allies called it "The Ultra Secret."
This **VERY** submarine is now on display in Chicago. The four rotor enigma code had already been broken but that was on a need to know basis. The skipper was ordered to sink the sub but instead captured it. The boarding crew acted fast and were able to close off the scuttling valves. I believe the allied ship was the bulldog but dont quote me. The realities of the U-Boat were never really brought into public view. The US had U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico, up a portion of the Chesapeake bay and offshore of New York. My uncle had three boats before he was 25. Two type 7s and a type 9. They took the type 9 on two patrols of the eastern shore coast of the US. The crews were beyond tough and there was no way to quit. My uncle died about 20 years ago from a heart condition but never feared death after the war. He said that he had already died, just that saint peter had never taken time to retrieve the body yet.
1:14 I love uboats im fascinated by submarines and also they are not war criminals they are soldiers protecting their nation and doing there country proud
The Fate of Henke,the U-515 and his crew: Less than 6 months later, At 15:10, on 9 April 1944 in the mid-Atlantic north of Madeira at 34°35′N 19°18′W, the U-515 was sunk by bombs from the US carrier USS Guadalcanal and depth charges from the DE’s USS Pope, USS Pillsbury, USS Chatelain and USS Flaherty. 40 survivors were taken on by the warships. A British propaganda broadcast had falsely accused Henke of shooting British survivors of the SS Ceramic, a passenger ship that U-515 had sunk on 7 December 1942- Henke therefore believed the British wanted to try him as a war criminal. Knowing this, a US Army Captain hoped to extort intelligence from him and/or his crew and threatened to turn him over to the British if he did not cooperate. This Captain was successful in getting Henke to sign a paper agreeing to cooperate with interrogators. Henke then reneged on the agreement but upon seeing that their Captain had agreed to talk, many of his crew signed similar agreements and did cooperate. Henke was interned in the interrogation center known as “P. O. Box 1142” in Fort Hunt,VA, where his interrogators threatened to hold him to his agreement to cooperate or be extradited to England to face war crime charges. On 15 June 1944, he dashed to the fence of the interrogation center and began to climb over. He continued to climb after being ordered to stop and a guard then shot him dead with a sub-machine gun. It is hard for many people today to grasp the mindset of people at that time.
nothing but good honerable men on those boats. they did the best they could with what they were given. if people want to lay blame, lay it on the politicians who forced them to have such missions.
Submariners during WW2 were the only arm of the armed forces allowed to kill civilians (merchant seaman) delivering food and other goods. Hardly honourable to hide in darkness and murder delivery men, that's as honourable as jumping out of a tree and biting the guy from Pizza Hut who is just trying to deliver a meat feast.
Can i just ask: why dod the boat sink wjen the batteries cut out? Shouldnt it have continued floating with its momentum, and kept a steady depth due to the air in the ballast s?
A sub is only slightly negative buoyant. The bow and aft planes act like a wing, the forward motion flies the sub. You can trim via the ballast tanks, but if the sub was 1:1 buoyant, it would keep altering its diving depth due to sea currents. By using power and altering the bow planes, the sub is under trim control.
@@workonesabs This is mostly correct. Henke was also aware of how much high pressure air he had left and was intent on using it to resurface. As long as the sub was mobile, the planes and rudder can be used to control position and course. Knowing the depth, the location of when the water got deep and the currents, the wisest action was to bottom the boat.
Although the U-Boats During the war each had At least two 20 Millimeter Anti-Aircraft Machine guns And Later An Additional 37 Millimeter Anti-Aircraft Auto-cannon to protect themselves As they surface It Is still Not enough to take Down enemy Aircraft because Around that time taking Down enemy Aircraft was Very Difficult. Aircraft Are Very fast so they have Very good chances of Avoiding A U-Boat's Anti-Air Defenses.
Kevin Schultz the batteries, which meant that they couldnt use compressed air from air compressors in order to displace the air in the ballasttanks, which are used for the submarine diving and surfacing
I believe that if Hitler didn't invade Poland or any other European country until several years later, after 1939, then the U-boats would have won the second world war.
Not even close. 1939 was the best time for Germany to start the war, since the UK and France had begun gearing up for war in 1938. They had to start it while they had the armaments advantage.
This U-Boat it's commander and crew killed my uncle aged seventeen who died on the sinking of the Ceramic a passenger ship. There was only one survivor and there were rumours they machine gunned the survivors in the water. I am named after my uncle.
I’m sure the captain and crew were wearing their service caps and jackets while experiencing this catastrophe. They were all clean shaven, and probably saluting each other, too. How stupidly dramatized.
@ Uboat and planes are largely different buddy Planes can land to a nearby Airbase But uboats has mysterious mission that they cannot port to a nearby port
Alex Jervis >>> The first and foremost objective and duty of a ship's captain and crew is save the ship and themselves. As long as the consensus is that the ship can sail under it's own power and remains seaworthy (able to maneuver and stay afloat, even if it's a sub) regardless of the damage, it's their duty to bring the ship home. Until it becomes obvious that the ship cannot remain afloat. Neutral Spain is still NOT home base. U.S. NAVY vet ✌🏻🇺🇸
Jeez. How can you have a major name on Uboob have the music in the background at the same level as the conversation> Listen to your own work, and edit.
They thought for the Nazis, they were carrying out the will of the Nazi party. They were trying to help the Nazis win the war. For all intense and purposes, yes, all German soldiers were Nazis. They may not have shared the ideology bu they were still Nazis.
Ain't no Slice I recommend you open an actual book, it was against the law for German soldiers to be affiliated to any political parties. Either way, my initial comment has nothing to do with your cringy sperging.
''Open an actual book''. Oh the vague zingers Brizzy, clearly your WW2 knowledge trumps my own. 'Ether way', you're forgetting who these people are, and who they are fighting for.
And? The germans in WW1 were blockaded by the entente powers and that caused 763,000 possible civilian casualties due to starvation and diseases. With also the US sending things to UK, its a logical action to sink their convoys to make sure the UK doesn't receive them and finding out who's delivering the equipment and supplies is hard enough so it's common sense to just sink the ships of the country you are at war with.
The Lusitania was carrying munitions for Britain, hardly an innocent ship. And the Germans at first gave neutral ships entering the aquatic war zone plenty of warning of the U-Boats and not to proceed.
One can also not forget that the Russians sank the Steuben the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Goya in 1945 that were all carrying refugees from Ostpreußen. These attacks cost around 20,000 people their lives.
As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute those brave sailors. They performed their duties while under fire and the constant threat of coming under fire due to a severely damaged vessel that limited the ability to maneuver it properly, thereby saving the ship and themselves. Seamanship deserving of a medal.
Thank you for your service. I'm also a US Navy veteran too, I served from Aug 2001 - Dec 2010. I'm a submarine veteran, I was stationed on the USS Pennsylvania SSBN 735. How many years did you serve and on what commands?
Me as well
It figures a US veteran would praise Nazis
Just toured U-505 in Chicago. Awesome exhibit! So huge on the outside, but tiny inside.
Rcbif ballast tanks are big
They have very large ballast tank as an way to control the pressure of the U-boat from crushing itself due to the water pressure as they dive down lower.
Same thing I thought about the USS Pampanito I visited in 2015 in SF.
Its a museum submarine?
@@lefrenchaudir188 yup, google it.
The book "iron coffins" is one of the best WWII i've ever read. If you want to known what it was like to serve on a U-boat, just read the book.
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Das Boot is also a good source.
The Movie was better
It takes to long
mindeloman thanks
And if this were the History channel they would have said Aliens helped him back to his base, not the luck. Good old History channel, RIP.
I know right! The Reich only called aliens near the "end" of the war.
Acc0rd79 , Smithsonian is not as good as the old History Channel. I missed the “old” History Channel.
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here's the unrealistic element: the men are shaved.
But one had Chin Whiskers and Cleaned Shaven lol
Manscaped?
Shame on you
Henke demanded that his men shave frequently, since U515 was a type IXC submarine which operated mostly in African or South American waters with extremely hot temperatures within a submarine. Many of the crew of U515 however thought that Henke simply did not like beards.
2:29 the most satisfying sound
I agree
Mr. Smith, thank you for 4 videos today!! Great work!! I sincerely enjoy them no matter how long
In April 1944, U-515 was sunk but 44 crew survived. U-515's commander, Werner Henke, was among the survivors. Later in June 1944, he was shot and killed trying to escape a secret interrogation center known as P. O. Box 1142 in Fort Hunt, Virginia, while being held as a prisoner of war.
Well he was a U BOAT Captain. Had he made it back. To Germany or an Alied Nation (at that time) like France. He just may have gotten another CREW and U BOAT. He's was a valueable asset to the German Navy. Only To Go On The HUNT Again. It Was War !!!
40,000 German seamen served on U boats throughout the war. Only 10,000 came home
Pretty much all volunteers as well
das boot was a great movie it is true ..well done sir for quoting the start of das movie...your rotten tomato rating has gone up
I watched a very good u boat show on hulu called das boot. There is aslo a old movie called das boot but this is a newer mini series show. It's very good shows what these guys went through on a u boat during the war
10,000 too many
You got that from Das Boot. 🙂
Outstanding seamanship and exceptional skill while under extreme pressure. 🇩🇪
Thanks for sharing this history lesson I do enjoy learning
A good story about the enemy. The good skipper got them back to safety.
No roses bloom on a sailor's grave.
Finally a interesting video
I don’t understand how the U-boats didn’t sink with the weight of the steel balls of all those men.
See the movie Das Boot. German with subtitles in English. Great movie and gives an idea of what it must have been like for the German Submariner. Think it's still on Netflix menu.
Did you know that movie is actually a condensed miniseries? There's 8 hour long episodes I think that were shortened to 3 for the movie.
There's also a new series called "Das Boot" on sky Atlantic too in Britain. USA sees it earlier. Have a look at it if you are in Britain or in Europe.
@Brock Augusto yeah and it sucks
I watched it in German without subtitles the first time I watched it
Or like me,buy the collectors edition on DVD.worth it haha
This channel has the most realistic edits
There was a U-boat that was badly damaged by a British aircraft. It couldn't submerge so the airplane kept circling until a destroyer showed up. The Germans surrendered under their captains orders, The cipher machine and code book were captured. Why the crew didn't destroy it, I don't know. It helped us win the war The allies called it "The Ultra Secret."
This **VERY** submarine is now on display in Chicago. The four rotor enigma code had already been broken but that was on a need to know basis. The skipper was ordered to sink the sub but instead captured it. The boarding crew acted fast and were able to close off the scuttling valves. I believe the allied ship was the bulldog but dont quote me. The realities of the U-Boat were never really brought into public view. The US had U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico, up a portion of the Chesapeake bay and offshore of New York. My uncle had three boats before he was 25. Two type 7s and a type 9. They took the type 9 on two patrols of the eastern shore coast of the US. The crews were beyond tough and there was no way to quit. My uncle died about 20 years ago from a heart condition but never feared death after the war. He said that he had already died, just that saint peter had never taken time to retrieve the body yet.
1:14 I love uboats im fascinated by submarines and also they are not war criminals they are soldiers protecting their nation and doing there country proud
1:50 fortunately?!!no , this submariners are aware they're patrolling shallow waters
No bias but I’m glad they survived .
Surviving meant they probably went out on another patrol and sunk more Allied ships and drowned many many more sailors.
@@tommo01 yes before captain was caught and killed.Such is war.
U-515 was sunk on 9 April 1944, 16 death including the commander and 44 survivors
The Fate of Henke,the U-515
and his crew:
Less than 6 months later,
At 15:10,
on 9 April 1944 in the mid-Atlantic north of Madeira at
34°35′N 19°18′W,
the U-515 was sunk
by bombs from the US carrier
USS Guadalcanal
and depth charges from the DE’s
USS Pope, USS Pillsbury,
USS Chatelain and USS Flaherty.
40 survivors were taken on by the warships.
A British propaganda broadcast had falsely accused Henke of shooting British survivors of the
SS Ceramic,
a passenger ship that U-515 had sunk on 7 December 1942-
Henke therefore believed the British wanted to try him as a war criminal.
Knowing this, a US Army Captain hoped to extort intelligence from him and/or his crew and threatened to turn him over to the British
if he did not cooperate.
This Captain was successful in getting Henke to sign a paper agreeing to cooperate with interrogators.
Henke then reneged on the agreement but upon seeing that their Captain had agreed to talk, many of his crew signed similar agreements and did cooperate.
Henke was interned in the interrogation center known as
“P. O. Box 1142”
in Fort Hunt,VA, where his interrogators threatened to hold him to his agreement to cooperate or be extradited to England to face war crime charges.
On 15 June 1944,
he dashed to the fence of the interrogation center and began to climb over.
He continued to climb after being ordered to stop and a guard then shot him dead with
a sub-machine gun.
It is hard for many people today to grasp the mindset of people
at that time.
Few things better during war time than a competent commander in a time of peril or great risk.
0:58 "Hey bud, wanna be in the movies?"
I like the background sound, I wish they had a soundtrack of it
that is one good captain
Winston Churchill said at the end of the war that the only thing that really worried him were the U-Boats
Most interesting aspect of the Second World War for me is the Kriegsmarine and the battle of the Atlantic.
Outstanding Submarine Commander
The captain was a smart commander
An enemy without cover is without victory brother - Heavenly -
Incredible and double incredible!!🇺🇸🇧🇲
Wow, buncha lucky fellas!
Imagine. Submarines became spacecraft
How many similar stories are there, but they didn't make it...
@Hammerschlägen M Unfortunately? You do realize they were nazis, right?
@@kevinjones8407 🤦🏻♀️
I m from India..I love German s and their bad ass engineering
Do you know why Germans hardly swear ?
Because everything works.
It seems to me they were able to dive at least once more.
nothing but good honerable men on those boats. they did the best they could with what they were given. if people want to lay blame, lay it on the politicians who forced them to have such missions.
Submariners during WW2 were the only arm of the armed forces allowed to kill civilians (merchant seaman) delivering food and other goods. Hardly honourable to hide in darkness and murder delivery men, that's as honourable as jumping out of a tree and biting the guy from Pizza Hut who is just trying to deliver a meat feast.
Mej,i agree.Maybe not exactly the kreigsmarine is a good example but probably the Wehrmahct
@@krashd most allied mechar ships were armed with deck guns and depth charges
Germans are amazing people
I hope they are still amazing enough to save their country from Merkel,and her ilk.
I see you’ve been to Kiel ;)
I LOVE german U-Boats.
Can i just ask: why dod the boat sink wjen the batteries cut out? Shouldnt it have continued floating with its momentum, and kept a steady depth due to the air in the ballast s?
A sub is only slightly negative buoyant. The bow and aft planes act like a wing, the forward motion flies the sub. You can trim via the ballast tanks, but if the sub was 1:1 buoyant, it would keep altering its diving depth due to sea currents. By using power and altering the bow planes, the sub is under trim control.
@@workonesabs This is mostly correct. Henke was also aware of how much high pressure air he had left and was intent on using it to resurface. As long as the sub was mobile, the planes and rudder can be used to control position and course. Knowing the depth, the location of when the water got deep and the currents, the wisest action was to bottom the boat.
75% casualty rate for the U Boat crews. No wonder they were called Iron Coffins..
Although the U-Boats During the war each had At least two 20 Millimeter Anti-Aircraft Machine guns And Later An Additional 37 Millimeter Anti-Aircraft Auto-cannon to protect themselves As they surface It Is still Not enough to take Down enemy Aircraft because Around that time taking Down enemy Aircraft was Very Difficult. Aircraft Are Very fast so they have Very good chances of Avoiding A U-Boat's Anti-Air Defenses.
Just a few holes in the pressure hull are ‘curtains’ for a submarine but not a surface ship!
@@pcka12 I Agree with You but the U-Boats Did Use Anti-Air Defenses As A last resort.
U-515 was a Type-IX, not a Type VII, as shown
So what was actually broken in their ship?
Kevin Schultz the batteries, which meant that they couldnt use compressed air from air compressors in order to displace the air in the ballasttanks, which are used for the submarine diving and surfacing
or not the batteries, the generators for the batteries
Basically the batteries cut out and then the electric motor dies
My parents bought shares in Standard Oil, and Ford, they made a bomb out of this war.
Follow the money
I believe that if Hitler didn't invade Poland or any other European country until several years later, after 1939, then the U-boats would have won the second world war.
I've thought that too.
I had the good fortune of knowing a guy that served on German U-boats during WWII. He had some stories. Very scary to be depth charged.
...AND IF MY AUNT HAD BALLS, SHE'D HAVE BEEN MY UNCLE!!!
Not even close. 1939 was the best time for Germany to start the war, since the UK and France had begun gearing up for war in 1938. They had to start it while they had the armaments advantage.
What is the connection between blast water and diesel engine
This U-Boat it's commander and crew killed my uncle aged seventeen who died on the sinking of the Ceramic a passenger ship. There was only one survivor and there were rumours they machine gunned the survivors in the water. I am named after my uncle.
Nothing that u.s subs didnt do tenfold in the pacific.
Guess what? Thats why war sucks.
Thanks for sharing I have heard stories of uboatmen machinegunning life boats.
Why they didn't went to Betasom?
I’m sure the captain and crew were wearing their service caps and jackets while experiencing this catastrophe. They were all clean shaven, and probably saluting each other, too. How stupidly dramatized.
Wait I was just waiting the outside prospective of this
Neutral territory saved them !! 💪💥
Had they used the Enigma encoder and transmitted a distress signal..........?
why couldn't they just get a telsa powerpack? I heard they are using them on the power grid now.
Wise German commander and crew
Nice video. Music too loud, covers up audio. Easy fix.
I'd have beached in Spain...
There should be a game or a movie on the German side of the war
Why wouldn't they go to the much closer U boat base at Bordeaux?
Because they are not assigned there
@ Uboat and planes are largely different buddy
Planes can land to a nearby Airbase
But uboats has mysterious mission that they cannot port to a nearby port
We should never that these submarines killed lots of merchants
so did u.s subs in the pacific, even civilian fishing vessels
Hello What can you say this show in Sweden
Should have headed to Spain and dumped the sub: It was a wreck anyway : What's to lose?
Alex Jervis >>>
The first and foremost objective and duty of a ship's captain and crew is save the ship and themselves. As long as the consensus is that the ship can sail under it's own power and remains seaworthy (able to maneuver and stay afloat, even if it's a sub) regardless of the damage, it's their duty to bring the ship home. Until it becomes obvious that the ship cannot remain afloat. Neutral Spain is still NOT home base. U.S. NAVY vet ✌🏻🇺🇸
Who's side are we on?
*German Ingenuity* intensifies
Hold up it’s been damaged for 2 months and not sunk
Far out, almost the only time i'm rooting for the Germans!!
Have you seen Sabatons BISMARCK?
@@straitjacket8689 No i haven't, is it good?
@Jack the Gestapo Yep I watched Das Boot. Haven't seen Cross of Iron though.
They have an anti aircraft gun on board lol, or maybe 2 guns
Frode Pettersen yeah, 1. Won’t stop a raid
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Or armor piercing 50 cal machine gun rounds. Those also destroyed many a German railway locomotive in strafing attacks.
Thats a good Captain Regardless
Jeez. How can you have a major name on Uboob have the music in the background at the same level as the conversation> Listen to your own work, and edit.
Very handsome guys on video
How come some of the U-Boat crew wore civilian clothes along with their uniform clothes?
They wore civilian clothing for the same reason they were allowed to grow beards. Regulations were relaxed, once at sea, upon the Captain's consent.
Das Boot, Mostly civies, cramped, dirty grimy. 50's U.S. Sub movies, spiffy, spotless, spacious, laughable.
I sailed across bay of Biscay
U-515 Sinking
Story of Dasboot
it's what I would have done… He just had the will to live. his actions were simply stay alive …
U-515 - type IX, no type VII.
looks intresting...
...
Very handsome actors....ahhh
I don’t care what side you serve, if you’re working in a sub, I hope you’ll be able to go home to your families
Goddamn it, the Smithsonian Channel making click bait spam on RUclips? This Story is incomplete and isn't linked to it's conclusion.
What about two diesel engine.
Only can be used on the surface because of fumes.barriers used under water but had to be charged on service will running diesel engines.
Phew 😅
they're Nazis Brizzy
Ain't no Slice Not all German soldiers were Nazi’s.
They thought for the Nazis, they were carrying out the will of the Nazi party. They were trying to help the Nazis win the war. For all intense and purposes, yes, all German soldiers were Nazis. They may not have shared the ideology bu they were still Nazis.
Ain't no Slice I recommend you open an actual book, it was against the law for German soldiers to be affiliated to any political parties.
Either way, my initial comment has nothing to do with your cringy sperging.
''Open an actual book''. Oh the vague zingers Brizzy, clearly your WW2 knowledge trumps my own. 'Ether way', you're forgetting who these people are, and who they are fighting for.
💞💞💞
Salutations to the German navy. Thank you for blowing up British ships .
Pity he made it. able to sink more unarmed ships.
1 of these u boats sunk the lusitania and other Innocent ships or boats
@Tristan Hurrey
Watch "Hellstorm Documentary" you'll know the truth.
And? The germans in WW1 were blockaded by the entente powers and that caused 763,000 possible civilian casualties due to starvation and diseases. With also the US sending things to UK, its a logical action to sink their convoys to make sure the UK doesn't receive them and finding out who's delivering the equipment and supplies is hard enough so it's common sense to just sink the ships of the country you are at war with.
The Lusitania was carrying munitions for Britain, hardly an innocent ship. And the Germans at first gave neutral ships entering the aquatic war zone plenty of warning of the U-Boats and not to proceed.
The German embassies also warned the Public in the US that the English ships were carrying munitions and were targeted by German submarines.
One can also not forget that the Russians sank the Steuben the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Goya in 1945 that were all carrying refugees from Ostpreußen. These attacks cost around 20,000 people their lives.
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