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U-boat

[yoo-boht] / ˈyuˌboʊt /


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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

The narrow Straits of Gibraltar was particularly harrowing for U-boat captains and crews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 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

The German U-boat had been spotted earlier that morning, but a crew member mistook it for a small fishing vessel.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

Kerling and his team had left earlier on a U-boat headed to Florida.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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