U-boat

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The first dog sled patrols began in eastern Greenland during World War II, when they discovered and helped destroy German weather stations, denying the Germans crucial information for their U-boat campaign in the Atlantic.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

It became synonymous with German military power, producing the Big Bertha gun during World War I, and later building tanks and U-boat components for the Nazis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

But as happened elsewhere in the country, much of L.A.’s public German community went to ground after May 1915, when a German U-boat sank the British ocean liner Lusitania.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Deciphered Enigma messages revealed details of the movements of Germany’s U-boat fleets and provided crucial information for the North African desert campaign and the Allied invasion of France.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Britain was able to import sufficient food supplies until mid-1917, when the U-boat campaign intensified.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman