Enemy Beneath the Waves: The Harwich U-Boat Surrender

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In November 1918, the end of the First World War was marked by a striking spectacle off the coast of Harwich, as more than 100 German U-boats surrendered to Allied forces. Forming a two-mile (three-kilometre) line, the submarines were later met by the Royal Navy and escorted individually into the River Stour estuary. Once a deadly threat, crowds gathered along the shore to witness the defeated fleet. Stuart Woodward tells the story of this remarkable sight on the Essex coast... Picture credit: Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty Images.