Episode 355 - The Turtle, The World's First Combat Submarine

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The Turtle was the world's first combat submarine, built during the American Revolution, and somehow, it didn't turn into an elaborate suicide device.

Sources:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/head-tilting-history/bushnells-turtle-revolutionary-submarine

https://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2022/06/the-turtle-submarine-warfare-during-the-american-revolution/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1942/february/david-bushnell-and-first-american-submarine

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/submersible-history-revolutionary-war

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/david-bushnells-turtle-the-worlds-first-submarine/