U-Boats attacking America During WWII
The U-boats were German boats with the ability to go underwater that were highly utilized during the Second World War. They wreaked havoc on the ally’s defense and were a key player in Adolph’s control of the Mediterranean. There were even cases of U-boats being sent to the United States to attack…this undermines most people idea that we were never attacked in WWII. These boats didn’t just attack Europe though, in fact it is a little known fact that America was bombarded with attack for a long time.When the Japanese launched their surprise attack against Pearl Harbor on Dec7, 1941 Hitler was bound by treaty to also wage war on America. By Dec 11th, Hitler had officially waged war on the U.S. Before this U-boats had been “unofficially” attacking American convoys without permission but now Hitler said that they had the right to. This brought a whole new refreshed wave of attacks against us. Donitz, who was in control of all U-boats, wanted to send 12 of them to the Easter U.S. coast to attack. Hitler wanted to concentrate on Gibraltar more so only 6 were scheduled. Then one of the boats needed urgent repairs and coul
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Approximate Word count = 810
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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