What if the idea that saved thousands of lives during World War II didn’t come from a scientist, an admiral, or an engineer - but from a ship’s cook?
This video tells the unbelievable true story of Thomas “Tommy” Lawson, an ordinary merchant marine cook whose brilliant and “insane” idea made Allied ships nearly invisible to German U-boats.
In 1943, U-boats were destroying convoys across the Atlantic, sinking ships faster than they could be built.
Hydrophones allowed submarines to hear Allied ships from miles away - until Lawson noticed something no expert did.
His simple water-based sound-dampening method silenced ships underwater and changed the course of the Battle of the Atlantic.
This is a real story of innovation, bravery, and how one unnoticed man saved a nation from starvation.