Submarine Attack – History of Sorts

October 6, 2025

The Day the Swordfish Struck: How a Dutch Submarine Sank a German U-Boat in the Java Sea

October 6, 1944 — deep in the tropical waters of the Java Sea, two submarines hunted beneath the same sun. One flew the flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the other bore the iron cross of Nazi Germany.By the end of the day, only one would remain afloat. A Dutch Submarine Far From Home The

The World’s First Submarine Attack

Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch engineer and inventor. He was the builder of the first operational submarine in 1620, but it was not until 150 years later that they were first used in naval combat. The world’s first submarine attack occurred during the American Revolutionary War, on September 7, 1776. This historical event was

Japanese attack on Fort Stevens-Oregon.

After the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 1941, there was a fear that Japan had plans to invade the US. This never happened, although there had been a few attacks on American soil by Japan, these did very little damage. The only military base ever to be attacked by Japan was Forts Stevens on the