German U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico

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Full interview with Mr. George Osborne: Galveston's World War II Era History with George Osborne
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[@aaronschindewolf6659]

Great video! Getting very artsy with some of the graphics and video . . . you've come a long way from your "let's walk the neighborhood" segments. 😀

[@rainbosprinkles6548]

All I can imagine is how good the trout fishing was back then.

[@Joellikestobox]

I live in south east Louisiana and there was a blimp base and I’m pretty sure very few people know that it was actually for this

[@galvestonunscripted]

Right!? I had always head about the blimps in the area and no one ever told me growing up that it was for spotting enemy subs or vessels!

[@the1darknight]

It's forgotten by most people, but there was at least a couple instances of German U-boats on the surface shelling Galveston to attempt to destroy oil tanks onshore and having exchanges with USA shore batteries.
No major damage was inflicted, but it happened. It was in the news at the time. My grandparents were young then and recalled it clearly.

[@galvestonunscripted]

Wow! I had never heard that!!!

[@dontall71]

Kind of ironic that the Germans were sinking oil tankers and ran out of fuel for themselves.

[@raymondromanos1479]

Nice video. However, in German, the U is pronounced ooh, and Boot is pronounced like boat. So, ooh boat and not you boot, though that rhymes. And Unterseeboot is pronounced "Uhnter-zay- boat".

[@agentmueller]

I dig the phonetic spelling. Being an Oklahoman, German is virtually worthless to learn as my second language (vs Spanish ((or even mandarin, god forbid)) ) but damn it sounds so cool and I love the German TV show Das Boot. It’s kinda campy. And nothing like the 10/10 movie, but that beautiful chaotic German yelling sends a shiver down my American spine that must be DNA ingrained at this point. Love it.

[@the1darknight]

Except in The USA, we pronounce things how we want, just like Germans in Germany pronounce American things the way they want.