Last German U-boat Attack

Date: May 7, 1945 • Location: Musselburgh, United Kingdom

World War II: Last German U-boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.

U-boats are naval submarines operated by Germany, especially during World War I and World War II. The term is an anglicized form of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also known as U-boats.