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How Britain’s Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
World War I was raging off the British Isles when the German submarine UC-18 surfaced to attack easy prey on the chilly ...
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400 Years of Subs
UC-97 became probably the only German submarine sunk within the continental United States. One of five U-boats turned over to the U.S. Navy for post-war study, she toured the Great Lakes as part ...
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German U-Boat Vs. Submarine: Is There A Difference?
What you call them depends on where they're made. A U-boat is nothing more than the Anglicized term for a German submarine and isn't strikingly different from U.S. subs. The whole "boat ...
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U-boat binoculars
On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...
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Brazilian warship sunk by German U-boat in 1944 finally found
The Brazilian Navy has confirmed that a wreck found in 2011 is that of a Brazilian auxiliary ship sunk in 1944 by a torpedo from the German U-boat U-861. About 100 lives were lost when the Vital ...
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Brazilian Ship Sunk By WWII U-Boat Located
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL––According to a CNN report, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the location of the shipwreck of Vital de ...