U Boat

In World War II, lethal German U-boats sailed all over the world wreaking havoc and destruction. This unique series charts the true story of the tense, close-run fight that took place. It depicts how this potent force became one of the most dominant German fighting units during World War Two, and became such a worry to Allied shipping that even Winston Churchill himself claimed that the 'U-boat peril' was the only thing that ever really frightened him during the war. The weapon was invisible and fast: German submarines spread fear and terror in the longest sea battle in history, the Battle of the Atlantic, during World War II.

On June 4, 1944, with World War II still raging across Europe, Captain Daniel Gallery and his men of the U.S. Naval Task Force 22.3 did the nearly impossible - they captured a German U-boat. It was the first enemy man-of-war captured in battle on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since 1815. limb aboard the historic U-505 and relive its journey from a powerhouse of the German fleet to a display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Witness exclusive interviews with both German and American crew members involved in the capture of the U-505. And view even rarer footage of Captain Daniel Gallery and Harold Lange, Captain of the U-505 at the time of its capture.

Secrets of Nazi U-Boat Bases offers a new look at the Battle of the Atlantic; the most important military campaign of World War II.

Records the military events when the U-boat menace was at its height.

"They were the only thing that really frightened me". So said the usually steadfast Winston Churchill of the German Navy's U-Boat fleet - the dreaded Wolf Pack, which stalked the Atlantic depths, bringing instant death to merchantman and warship alike. Together with a formidable surface fleet, the U-Boats challenged the Royal Navy's traditional supremacy of the oceans, countering Britain's strength in numbers with a reign of silent terror.

From the ancient times great empires have grown stronger through military expansion and Seapower, traces the rise and use of navies as tools of war.
It is a two-DVD series that begins with the ancient Egyptians and runs through naval development into the modern era.
There is something for almost every military historian here with great descriptions and animations of galley battles, the times of the Spanish Armada, the age of fighting sail and Admiral Horatio Nelson, the first ironclads seen in the Civil War, the development of steel battleships and aircraft carriers, and perhaps the deadliest naval vessel built - the submarine.
Seapower has six broad chapters and within those themes the documentary broadens out to explore major incidents, technological advances and fascinating stories.
Even for someone who knows a lot about naval matters there will be plenty of new information in all of the chapters.
The production values are excellent with great photography, excellent animations and first-class scripting and narration. On top of that there are naval history experts who add an excited interest into proceedings.

The documentary series THE SEA HUNTERS chronicles the underwater adventures of the bestselling author and explorer Cussler, maritime archaeologist James Delgado, and divers Mike Fletcher and John Davis. This compilation includes eight episodes that follow the diving team as they explore deep-sea shipwrecks from World War II, including the remnants of an aircraft carrier cast in ice