Submariners of the Third Reich (1941-1945)

Grand Admiral K. Doenitz walks through a line of officers of the German submarine fleet and asks them questions.

Doenitz walks through a line of cadets of the naval academy.

Doenitz shakes hands with the officers standing in line.

A German submarine is on the surface.

The submarine's navigator determines the course.

View of the bow of the submarine (top).

The officers are scanning the horizon through binoculars.

The signalman is giving signals with flags.

A submarine is moving at high speed on the surface, crew members are on the bridge.

Officers of one of the submarines on the bridge.

View of the bow of the submarine (top).

The officers on the bridge are scanning the horizon through binoculars.

The submarine commander is closing the hatch before diving.

Actions of the submarine crew during the dive.

Faces of the submarine officers.

Views of the deck and superstructure of the submarine during the dive.

Depth gauge scale, actions of one of the submarine crew members during the dive.

Views of the engine room, a running engine.

A mechanic checks the engines.

Plotting a course on the chart.

The navigator's face.

Crew members eating.

Alarm signal in the forecastle.

Crew members go to battle stations upon receiving the alarm signal.

Crew members' actions during an emergency dive.

Deck superstructure during a dive.

Periscope above the water surface.

The submarine commander looks through the periscope, a convoy of transport ships in the periscope eyepiece.

The crew prepares to launch torpedoes.

Damaged and sinking transport ships in the periscope eyepiece, the submarine commander at the periscope.

Actions of the helmsman team during a dive after a successful attack, faces of submariners.

Troubleshooting a submarine's power supply system.

Submariners fix a leak.

The submarine commander looks through the periscope.

The sea in the periscope eyepiece.

Crew members' actions during surfacing.

View of the submarine's deck and superstructure during surfacing.

The submarine commander climbs to the bridge.

View of the bow of the boat in the surface position, officers in waterproof coats on the bridge.

The boat is in the surface position, views of the parts of the boat.