Hitler’s American Battleground
Program Details
A dive team uncovers a Nazi battleground—just off the Carolina coast.
It’s January 1942. And as WWII reaches a fever pitch, Nazi submarines begin hunting American supply ships from below. Just off the North Carolina coast, this unseen enemy unleashes a campaign of destruction that cripples the US war effort. That is, until the hunter becomes the hunted—and an all-out American assault deals a death blow to Hitler’s underwater terror.
Documenting this virtually unknown conflict—and honouring the fallen heroes along the way—Hitler’s American Battleground follows a team of marine archaeologists as they turn a forgotten graveyard into a timeless memorial.
Highlights:
- During the first six months of 1942, the US navy suffered its single greatest defeat of all time as Nazi U-boats targeted military and civilian ships alike.
- In an area off Cape Hatteras that became known as Torpedo Alley, the wrecks of 78 merchant freighters, eight allied warships, and four German U-boats rest on the seafloor.
- Surveying this extensive debris field to create a 3D map, the dive team is determined to geo-tag every shipwreck as part of a permanent maritime memorial.
