Operación Úrsula. El misterio del submarino C-3
2006 · 105m · Documentary
A missing submarine in Spanish Civil War leads to the first German Navy operation before WW2. Republican submarine C-3 was the victim of international secrecy and intrigues, after a torpedo from U-34 sunk it on December 12th 1936.
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