Lough Foyle - World War II

World War II

At the end of World War II after the Allied victory, the remainder of the German atlantic fleet of U-boats used to attack supply lines from America to Britain during the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) were assembled in Lough Foyle and scuttled, as part of Operation Deadlight.

Read more about this topic:  Lough Foyle

Famous quotes containing the words world and/or war:

    “Here’s a good world the while! Who is so gross
    That cannot see this palpable device?
    Yet who’s so bold but says he sees it not.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters—not to talk in armies and nations and numbers—but to track it home.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)