For those interested in WW II history this is a little bit of the action that was occurring around the D-Day landings in Europe. One of many things happening around the world tied to the action in Europe that are forgotten or never known to most. http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20190619/german-sailor-helped-us-navy-seize-u-505&utm_source=newsletter20190619&utm_medium=email&utm_content=article_title&utm_campaign=newsletter Today marks 75 years since United States forces towed a captured German sub, U-505, into Bermuda waters under a cloak of secrecy. The U-boat was brought into the Great Sound with 57 prisoners, as well as its Enigma code encryption machines and code books that allowed the Allies to crack German messages. It was less than two weeks after troops had fought their way ashore at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe was raging. But two days before the biggest maritime invasion in history, the prize catch of U-505 had been forced to the surface under American fire 150 miles off the West African coast. |