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NOVA · S42E19

Nazi Attack on America

Still from NOVA S42E19

Summary

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. Ballard probes the wreck and unravels a dramatic mystery in the official story of the sub's sinking.

Guest stars

  • Robert D. Ballard as Self
  • Homer H. Hickam Jr. as Self
  • Martin K.A. Morgan as Self
  • Craig Sechler as Self - Narrator