North Carolina during World War II -Information on World War 2 History

German U-85 - On April 13-14, 1942 the first U-boat was sunk off the North Carolina Coast

German and Italian Diplomats were held at the Grove Park Inn Asheville NC until they were traded for American Diplomats held in Germany and Italy.

During World War ii, German prisoners were camped near Hot Springs North Carolina.

USS Asheville - Gun boat served in China and the Philippines, sunk May 3, 1942, South of Java, only one survivor who later died in a Japanese prison camp.

The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle was Robert Morgan lived in Asheville NC. He died May 16, 2004. The Memphis Belle (B-17) had the first crew to complete 25 bombing missions over Germany. information on Memphis belle

USS North Carolina - WW2 battleship now docked at Wilmington NC

World War II - North Carolina

War Zone - WWII Off North Carolina's Outer Banks, Part I - I'll Never Smile Again

The United States suffered one of its worst defeats of WWII not in Europe or the Pacific but along the nation's eastern seaboard. Three hundred ninety-seven ships were sunk or damaged and nearly 5,000 people were killed. The loss of lives, ships and raw resources represents one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.

For six months, sixty-five German U-boats hunted Allied merchant vessels practically unopposed within view of American coastal communities. The greatest concentration of these attacks occurred off North Carolina's Outer Banks. War Zone is a story of infamy, irony and innocence lost.