Link to the Show / Show NotesOne of the most famous U-boats of the second world war was U-110, being as it was the inspiration for the Hollywood blockbuster U-571. Yet for all itâs fame, U-110âs career was a short one, lasting well under a year. Her short initial capture just prior to being sunk would see the British lay their hands on many code books and one of the elusive Enigma machines that would provide the code-breakers back at Bletchley Park in the UK with invaluable information, inspiration and techniques for their continued fight in staying one step ahead of the German U-boat campaign, which was hell bent on strangling the allied supply routes of the North Atlantic. Dur:20min File: .mp3

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