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U-Boat shipwrecks off of the Carolinas


zeitgeist57

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I only learned a few years ago that German U-boats were this close to American shores during WWII. Very interesting to see U.S. divers able to video and catalogue these shipwrecks.

 

http://news.discovery.com/history/videos/archaeology-divers-plumb-depths-for-u-boats.htm

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Very cool video, thanks for sharing. Couple other cool articles on ww2 action that was close to home that wasn't/isn't well known:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/30/national/30PEAR.html

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130527-map-video-balloon-bomb-wwii-japanese-air-current-jet-stream/

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Very cool video, thanks for sharing. Couple other cool articles on ww2 action that was close to home that wasn't/isn't well known:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/30/national/30PEAR.html

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130527-map-video-balloon-bomb-wwii-japanese-air-current-jet-stream/

 

the mini subs and balloon bombs are well known, they weren't talked about because they were massive failures

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