World War Two — Season 1, Episode 8: Week 008 - The Submarine War - WW2 - October 20, 1939

Episode synopsis

For the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about WW2 in October 1939 - mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receiving end of a torpedo or a depth charge...

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Follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, blow by blow.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Week 001 -The Polish-German War - WW2 - September 1, 1939
• E2Week 002 - World War Two Begins - WW2 - September 8, 1939
• E3Week 003 - Poland on Her Own - WW2 - September 15, 1939
• E4Week 004 - The Russians are Coming! - The Soviet Invasion of Poland - WW2 -September 22, 1939
• E5Week 005 - Poland is Crushed - WW2 - 29 September, 193
• E6Week 006 - Poland Falls and China Rises - WW2 - October 6, 1939
• E7Week 007 - The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze - WW2 - 13 October, 1939
• E9Week 009 - Stalin's Murderous Adventures - Occupation of Poland - WW2 - October 27, 1939
• E10Week 010 - Molotov's Heel on Finland and the Phoney War - WW2 - 3 November, 1939
• E11Week 011 - Hitler Almost Killed - WW2 - 10 November, 1939
• E12Week 012 - The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy - Magnetic Mines - WW2 - 17 November, 1939
• E13Week 013 - Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves? - WW2 - 24 November, 1939