Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from
the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming
5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic,
investigates the wreck of one of the attack craft, a German submarine that lies
at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off New Orleans. U-166 was part of
Operation Drumbeat, a highly successful U-boat operation that caught East Coast
cities and shipping almost completely unprepared. With state-of-the-art survey
gear Ballard probes the wreck and explores a dramatic mystery in the official
story of the sub’s sinking.
You can see a clip here.
Given all the attention about battles "over there," it is good
to remember that some of the battles were once over here on the Atlantic coast
in addition to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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