Stealing a Nazi Submarine From Under Hitler's Nose - And Got Away With It

United States Navy Captain Daniel Gallery had already made a name for himself by disrupting German U-boat operations across the Atlantic. But by the summer of 1944, he was preparing for the boldest gamble of his career, an operation no one had dared attempt in more than a century, and lived to tell the tale. As their latest prey, U-505 broke the surface after a devastating depth charge assault, water cascaded off her hull, and smoke billowed from her battered frame. Despite the damage, the submarine was suddenly under a relentless barrage of fire from American destroyers and aircraft. Desperate to escape, the German crew scrambled to abandon ship, diving into the Atlantic as gunfire rained all around them. For the Americans, the goal was clear. A handpicked boarding team prepared to brave toxic fumes, flooding, and the looming threat of scuttling charges and boobytraps. They were about to venture where no American had gone before: into the very heart of an enemy submarine.