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When the news broke that the Titan submersible was missing, naval experts immediately recognised that the chances of saving the lives of those on board were, realistically, tantamount to non-existent. With rare agreement, they swiftly concluded that the kindest outcome for the five passengers would be that the submersible had imploded. Hard-hearted as this may
Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills shares highlights from the January/February issue of Naval History.
Was the decision to declare war on the United States, effectively relieving the Roosevelt administration of the responsibility of mobilizing American sentiment for war in Europe, among Hitler’s greatest blunders?
Operation Drumbeat did see success for the Germans...initially. Key Point: It took a herculean effort by the admiral to scrounge and prepare enough U-boats to make an impression. On December 9, 1941, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the commander of the Kriegsmarine, lifted all restrictions on German naval attacks against American vessels by his surface and submarine fleets. Atlantic sparring between the two powers had been occurring for several months but would now escalate into full-blown conflagration. For the United States a painful lesson on the consequences of complacency and arrogant refus...