During World War Two ... But these ships were being sunk by German U-boats, warships and aircraft. In 1940 alone, over a thousand allied ships were lost on their way to Britain.

During the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, U.S. forces sank the ships. It was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, ...

On April 16, 1945, just three weeks before the end of the European Theatre of the Second World War, a German U-boat sank His ...