![U-47 hits Britain: the raid on Scapa Flow and the sinking of HMS Royal Oak, 1939](https://ytimg.googleusercontent.com/vi/Q12p1Q1bAF0/hqdefault.jpg)
In 1939, the German submarine U-47, under the command of Günther Prien, embarked on a daring mission that would become legendary. Tasked with infiltrating the heavily guarded British naval base at Scapa Flow, the stealth submarine's mission would not only be a tactical victory, but would prove to Germany that it needed to significantly expand its submarine program…
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