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German U-Boat Captains Couldn't Believe Hedgehog Mortars Sank Them in 90 Seconds

May 29th, 1944. Six hundred feet below the North Atlantic, Kapitänleutnant Detlev Krankenhagen commanded U-549 from a depth he believed meant safety. His crew had just torpedoed an American escort carrier, and now they waited in silence, following the exact evasion tactics that had saved German submarines for three years. They had no idea that the rules of undersea warfare had fundamentally changed—and they had less than five minutes to live.
The Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar wasn't just another depth charge—it was a weapon that eliminated every tactical advantage German U-boat doctrine depended on. While U-boat commanders trained to exploit the "blind spot" where sonar couldn't track them, British engineers created a forward-firing system that maintained contact throughout the entire attack. Twenty-four projectiles arriving in under 30 seconds. Contact fuses that exploded only on direct hits. No warning. No evasion time. No survival.
In this documentary, we reveal the devastating truth behind the weapon that terrified German submariners more than anything else in WWII.
What You'll Discover:
• How Hedgehog achieved a 20:1 better kill rate than conventional depth charges
• The "blind spot" weakness German tactics exploited—and how one weapon eliminated it
• Why projectiles sinking at 23 feet per second gave U-boats zero reaction time
• USS England's incredible record: 6 submarines destroyed in just 12 days
• The psychological horror of attacks that came without warning
• How 35 pounds of Torpex on direct contact meant instant death
• Operation Teardrop: The systematic destruction of Germany's final submarine group
• Why 28,000 of 40,000 German submariners never came home
• British "Wheezers and Dodgers" who designed the weapon in secret
• The shocking statistics: 1 kill per 5 attacks vs. 1 per 60 for depth charges
This isn't about technological superiority alone—it's about how one brilliantly simple weapon shattered the tactical assumptions that German submarine crews depended on for survival. When your evasion techniques become obsolete and you don't know it, courage and skill mean nothing.
From the Battle of the Atlantic to the final desperate patrols off America's coast, witness how the Hedgehog transformed submarine warfare and sealed the fate of Germany's U-boat force.
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