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When Germany capitulated in 1945, the Allied authorities launched an in-depth investigation into the perpetrators of war crimes during World War 2.
In November, Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and the four junior officers of U-852 were tried by the British at a special military tribunal in Hamburg for attacking a Greek steamer in the southern Atlantic.
The skipper pleaded for operational necessity, and the second-in-command alleged he was only following orders. However, they were found guilty because of two pieces of irrefutable evidence.
When the British seized the submarine, they discovered the captain's war diary, but they also unearthed a baffling machine like nothing they had ever seen before…
When Germany capitulated in 1945, the Allied authorities launched an in-depth investigation into the perpetrators of war crimes during World War 2.
In November, Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and the four junior officers of U-852 were tried by the British at a special military tribunal in Hamburg for attacking a Greek steamer in the southern Atlantic.
The skipper pleaded for operational necessity, and the second-in-command alleged he was only following orders. However, they were found guilty because of two pieces of irrefutable evidence.
When the British seized the submarine, they discovered the captain's war diary, but they also unearthed a baffling machine like nothing they had ever seen before…
