During the early days of World War 2, the Kriegsmarine sent their U-47 Type VIIB submarine on a one-way mission that was believed to be impossible to achieve.
Led by Captain Gunther Prien, the secret operation consisted of infiltrating the Royal Navy’s most important naval base. Scapa Flow was located in the Orkney Islands in Scotland, and the objective was to do as much damage as possible to the British fleet stationed there.
It was a crazy mission, and even the toughest of sailors doubted that it could be done.
Nevertheless, one cold morning in October of 1939, Captain Prien and his crew set course for Scapa Flow to prove that the Royal Navy was not invincible and that they weren’t afraid of it…
The Most Impossible U-Boat Target of WW2
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