By Howie Katz
On this day in 1942, U-692 left its pen in in La Rochelle, France to sink allied supply ships in the North Atlantic.
Three days later the U-692 was spotted by a British frigate ans although the U-boat was able to submerge, it was severely damaged by a depth charge and began to fill with water.
As the water got up to his head, the U-boat commander shouted:
Heil Hitler! Auf Wiedersehen mein Fuhrer.
![U-576 crew members. “They [the crew] are chipper in a rough kind of way, satisfied with their lot, and proud of their work.” Hunt in the Atlantic by H. Busch.](https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/16battlefield/logs/sept4/media/friends_hires.jpg "U-576 crew members. “They [the crew] are chipper in a rough kind of way, satisfied with their lot, and proud of their work.” Hunt in the Atlantic by H. Busch.")
Only a few of the crew was still alive, but they shouted back:
Auf Wiedersehen ... Fuck der Fuhrer!
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