IXD U-177 through U-182 U-195 through U-200 U-847 through U-852 U-859 through U-864 U-871 through U-876 Type VIID U-213 through U-218 Type XB U-116 through...
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116 U-boats were scuttled or otherwise sunk in 1945 and 1946 in Operation Deadlight. They had been surrendered by the Kriegsmarine to allied forces at...
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U-571 is a 2000 submarine film directed by Jonathan Mostow from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sam Montgomery and David Ayer. The film stars Matthew McConaughey...
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German submarine U-116 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 31 January 1939 and laid...
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Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of Fregattenkapitän...
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U-27 U-28 U-29 U-30 U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36 U-45 U-46 U-47 U-48 U-49 U-50 U-51 U-52 U-53 U-54 U-55 U-73 U-74 U-75 U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99...
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German submarine U-66 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 20 March 1940 at the AG...
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Otto Kretschmer (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
remainder of U-99's crew were captured. That same day the British escorts scored another success against the Kriegsmarine when the noted U-boat skipper...
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"Soviet Naval Battles-Black Sea". Sovietempire.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018. "U-215". Uboat. Retrieved 9 March 2012. "Christopher Newport". Uboat. Retrieved...
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London: Chatham Publishing. p. 456. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "U-582". Uboat. Retrieved 9 April 2012. "U-619". Uboat. Retrieved 13 April 2012. "William A. McKenney"...
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Saltzwedel Flotilla, was the second operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Founded on 1 September 1936 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Werner...
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German submarine U-852 was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine, which was a special long-range...
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German submarine U-234 was a Type XB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, she was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Johann-Heinrich Fehler...
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end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the German Kriegsmarine (Navy) and aircraft of the Luftwaffe (Air Force)...
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Cryptanalysis of the Enigma (redirect from Kriegsmarine M4)
decrypting German Enigma ciphers. However, the Kriegsmarine introduced an Enigma version with a fourth rotor for its U-boats, resulting in a prolonged period...
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The 5th U-boat Flotilla (German 5. Unterseebootsflottille), also known as Emsmann Flotilla, was a U-boat flotilla of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during...
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Type X submarine (redirect from Type X U-boat)
X submarines commissioned. U-116 U-117 U-118 U-119 U-219 U-220 U-233 U-234 Six Type XBs were lost to various causes. U-116 was last heard of on 6 October...
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members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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Schießwolle 36. It was Kriegsmarine's first operational torpedo (hence "TI" = Torpedo number one), and the standard issue torpedo for all German U-boats and surface...
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German submarine U-978 was a World War II Type VIIC U-boat operated by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine . She completed the longest underwater patrol of World...
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German submarine U-415 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded...
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members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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German submarine U-371 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 17 November 1939 in Kiel...
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carriers and raids by cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. A Kriegsmarine Monsun Gruppe of U-boats operated from the eastern Indian Ocean after the Persian...
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Flower-class corvette (section Kriegsmarine use)
Royal Navy that it needed more escort ships to counter the threat from Kriegsmarine U-boats. One particular concern was the need to protect shipping off the...
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HMS Seal (N37) (redirect from German submarine U-B)
Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War and was captured by the Kriegsmarine and taken into German service as UB, one of several captured subs. She...
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Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced...
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German submarine U-549 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 28 September 1942 at...
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the Sęp, Ryś and Żbik, sought internment in Sweden. Kriegsmarine - Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine Generaladmiral Erich Raeder Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung...
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Operation Haudegen (category Naval operations of the Kriegsmarine)
Barentsburg. Nussbaum, another Kriegsmarine meteorological party, commanded by Dr Franz Nusser, departed Norway in U-377 to return to Svalbard and re-occupy...
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