German U Boats Had 45 Seconds To Crash Dive Before Allied Bombers Attacked Discover how ⚓️ the fate of the Atlantic turned in a matter of seconds during World War II, when the once-invincible German U-boats became the hunted instead of the hunters. In early 1943, British and American forces unleashed groundbreaking radar technologies that ended the submarines’ vital 45-second window to crash dive and evade attack. From the invention of centimetric ASV Mark III radar and the blinding Leigh Light

6.7K views · 123 reactions | On the eve of World War II, Nicholas Winton organized a series of rescue missions to transport 669 children out of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to England. Most were Jewish children whose families were later killed during the Holocaust. Hear from Alice Masters, who was 14 years old when she and her sisters escaped Czechoslovakia and sought refuge in England one of Winton's transports. | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Facebook