Off the coast of New Jersey in the United States, a commercial ship sinks slowly into the ocean. The ship suffered a German submarine torpedo, and has broken from the middle into two pieces. It gives off a vast cloud of black smoke.
World War II German submarine U-564, commanded by Rehinhard Suhren, is seen partially submerged in order to accept reload of torpedoes at sea from another submarine in the South Atlantic ocean. Crew of U-564 seen keeping torpedo afloat with life vests and swimming it into position on deck before submarine surfaces to contain it. View of black cat symbol on U-564. Torpedo being loaded into position. German crew seen below decks relaxing, and then responding to battle stations alarm.
German submarine U-564, commanded by Reinhard Suhren, on patrol in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. Periscope view reveals a Swedish freighter flying neutral flags. The freighter is permitted to pass. Periscope view then shows American sailing yacht. The yacht crew abandons ship and then U-564 destroys the yacht.
A German battleship sinks a British steamer in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. German battleship commander and sailors use binoculars to view ocean. Sailors pulling down flags. Ship commander on a boat being lowered to the ocean. Kriegsmarine battleship firing at the British steamer. Sailors pulling rope. German Kriegsmarine on a boat. British ship listing as it sinks. German navy men return to ship with booty. Sailors load cargo from the British ship. German battleship captain observes the sinking of British ship with binoculars. More sailors return with captured cargo. German battleship fires at British ship until it sinks. Prisoners-of-war captured from the British steamer, consisting of Australian, Asian and African sailors.
Operation Torch, Allied invasion of North Africa, during World War II. Convoys of Allied transport ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy destroyer of Benson class. Rigging of a transport in the foreground. The transport ship with rigging and a winch in the foreground. A convoy underway at sea. Higgins boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA26-23 from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) which was the Flagship for the operation, pulled up on a beach. U.S. troops disembark and run up the beach.
Allied raid on Dieppe, France during World War II. A Royal Navy warship bombards the coast of Dieppe at night. A ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Allied airmen get into an aircraft and take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in flight over the English Channel. American, British and Canadian troops in landing crafts underway in the English Channel towards the coast of Dieppe. German aircraft in flight. A destroyer ship lays a smoke screen. Naval guns fire at the coast. German aircraft drop bombs and explosions occur at sea. British and U.S. aircraft in flight. Explosions occur at sea. A British aircraft falls in sea. A pilot of the Royal Air Force in water. He comes aboard. Landing crafts at sea. LCTs (Landing Crafts Tanks) go ashore. Aerial view of Dieppe as aircraft bombard the city. British and American soldiers aboard a ship. Wounded soldiers disembark from a ship at a port in England. Allied aircraft return to an air base. A wounded soldier shows a thumbs up sign.