Das U-Boot

A documentary series on the history of submarines, from their first development in the mid-19th century, to their first effective military use in World War 1, to the famous German U-Boat wolfpacks of World War 2 to the modern nuclear-powered leviathans, armed with nuclear missiles.

An okay documentary series. Covers the history of submarines in breadth but doesn't go into much depth. A longer, more comprehensive series would have been great.

Being a German production it also tends to focus on German submarines and so misses the US designs which make the German ones look quite puny. A brief discussion on modern Russian submarines, including the Kursk disaster, but once again more detail was called for.

Best viewed by people who know very little about submarines as people with a decent knowledge are unlikely to learn anything new.