While the Type XXI subs sank no ships, their potential terrified Allied navies, prompting intensified anti-submarine efforts.
Key point: The Type XXI provides several lessons in how technology—while important—doesn’t alone win wars. On May 4, 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal ...
A missing German submarine said to have taken the defeated Nazi leadership to South America has been discovered after being lost at sea for nearly 73 years. The U-3523 was one of Hitler’s Type XXI ...