Günther Prien (16 January 1908 – presumed 8 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the first U-boat commander to receive...
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United States Prien Lake, a lake in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Günther Prien (1908–1941), U-Boat captain from World War Two Karin Prien (born 1965), German...
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German war film portraying the World War II career of the U-boat captain Günther Prien. It stars Dieter Eppler and Sabine Sesselmann and was directed by Harald...
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raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero of the U-boat commander, Günther Prien, who became the first German submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's...
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Minister-President Daniel Günther since 28 June 2017. She was previously a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Since 2022, Prien has been one of four deputy...
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582 and went into service on 17 December 1938 under the command of Günther Prien. During U-47's career, she sank a total of 31 enemy vessels, including...
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Dönitz was Günther Prien's attack on Scapa Flow, which sank the battleship Royal Oak. The attack became a propaganda success though Prien purportedly...
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from 12 June to 17 June 1940. The group was named for Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, commander of U-47. Prior to the Second World War the German Navy's...
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2010. Retrieved 12 March 2012. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Korvettenkapitän Günther Prien". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Archived from the original on...
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April 1941, after the Germans lost three prominent U-boat commanders: Günther Prien, Joachim Schepke and Otto Kretschmer. Operation Berlin Convoy SC 7 Convoy...
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127. Prien 1997, p. 121. Prien 1997, p. 137. Prien 1997, pp. 141–142. Prien 1997, pp. 150–151. Prien 1997, p. 152. Prien 1997, p. 154. Prien 1997, p...
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Planquadrat. Prien et al. 2001, p. 197. Prien et al. 2001, p. 198. Prien et al. 2002, p. 338. Prien et al. 2003, p. 262. Prien et al. 2003, p. 264. Prien et al...
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Günther Rall in the German National Library catalogue Interview with World War II Luftwaffe Ace Günther Rall – HistoryNet Famed German Ace Gunther Rall...
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command of the famous Günther Prien. Due to the bad weather, Prien managed only to launch one torpedo which missed, but Prien reported one hit, whilst...
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ranging from attacks by corvettes HMS Camellia and HMS Arbutus, mines, mechanical failure, and possibly becoming victim of her own torpedoes. Günther Prien...
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harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German submarine U-47 under the command of Günther Prien. U-47 had entered Scapa Flow through Holm Sound, one of several eastern...
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German success in sinking Courageous was surpassed a month later when Günther Prien in U-47 penetrated the British base at Scapa Flow and sank the old battleship...
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harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German U-boat U-47 under the command of Günther Prien. U-47 had entered Scapa Flow through Holm Sound, one of several eastern...
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seeing the loss to the Kriegsmarine (KM) of U-47, with her commander KL Günther Prien, the person responsible for the sinking of HMS Royal Oak two years previously...
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1094–1095. Prien et al. 2012, p. 60. Prien et al. 2012, p. 65. Prien et al. 2012, p. 68. Prien et al. 2012, p. 66. Prien et al. 2012, p. 69. Prien et al....
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penetration by enemy forces. On 14 October 1939, under the command of Günther Prien, U-47 penetrated Scapa Flow and sank the First World War-era battleship...
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how the soldiers were eager to return.: 54 When the U-boat commander Günther Prien vanished with his submarine U-47, Churchill personally informed the...
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(1997). "Günther Prien, der "Stier von Scapa Flow". Selbststilisierung, Heldenkult und Legendenbildung um einen U-Boot-Kommandanten" [Günther Prien, the "Bull...
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prisoners and civilians U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958) – somewhat factual combat career of Günther Prien Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) – USS Dragonfish...
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which was commanded by Günther Prien during his sinking of HMS Royal Oak in 1940, and U-96, which formed the basis of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel Das...
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Günther Prien Nazi Germany World War II 1933-1941 "Der Stier von Scapa Flow" (The Bull of Scapa Flow), was the commander, of the U-boat, U-47. Prien was...
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Lehmann-Willenbrock 166,596 tons (22 ships) Heinrich Liebe 162,333 tons (30 ships) Günther Prien 160,939 tons (28 ships), plus the British battleship HMS Royal Oak inside...
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Flow by bypassing its blockship defences. Initially Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, the commander of U-47, had been disappointed to find that the Royal...
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merchant ship of its cruise. October 14, 1939 U-47, under Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, penetrates the British naval base at Scapa Flow, sinking HMS Royal...
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harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German submarine U-47 under the command of Günther Prien. U-47 had entered Scapa Flow through Holm Sound, just to the north of...
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