and was a member of Parliament in his hometown of Bremen for 32 years. Hardegen travelled extensively in America, where he met men who had tried to kill him during his U-Boat service. 'They are my ...

Reinhard Hardegen was born in Bremen on March 8, 1913. He entered the Navy in 1933 and became a submarine instructor in late 1942, after his meeting with Hitler. He later became chief of U-boat ...

He was believed to be the last surviving U-boat commander when he died on June 9 at age 105. Christian Weber, president of the state parliament in Bremen, Hardegen's hometown, confirmed the death ...

The crew of U-862 pictured when the vessel was commissioned in Bremen in 1943 ... daring maritime exploit of World War II when German U-boat U-862 sailed undetected into Gisborne harbour.

This imposing concrete structure in the German city of Bremen is 1400 feet long ... Its purpose was to build and test U-Boats. A Flight Through the Universe Smithsonian Second Opinion: Forging ...

Nazis, U-boats And The Battle For The Atlantic ... The daughter-in-law of a Derry man, captured and sent to a Nazi punishment camp in Bremen-Farge when he was only 19, tells how no one in the ...

In the early weeks of January 1942, relying on an old World’s Fair guidebook to find his way, Reinhard Hardegen brought his German U-boat near the mouth of New York Harbor. A kapitänleutnant at ...

Reinhard Hardegen was born in Bremen on March 8, 1913. He entered the Navy in 1933 and became a submarine instructor in late 1942, after his meeting with Hitler. He later became chief of U-boat ...