Vorwärts (English : "Forwards") was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 25 August to 26 September 1942, in the Battle of the Atlantic during...
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The wolfpack was a convoy attack tactic employed in the Second World War. It was used principally by the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle...
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German submarine U-608 (section Wolfpacks)
she was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Rolf Struckmeier as a unit of Wolfpack Vorwärts. She was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay on 10 August 1944 after being...
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convoy ON 127 when it is sighted by a U-boat on 9 September. The wolfpack "Vorwärts" moved to intercept and engaged the convoy on 10 September. Hampered...
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Seewolf was the name of three separate wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The first U-boat group...
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(English: "Pike") was the name of two "wolfpacks" of German U-boats that operated during World War II. The first wolfpack code-named Hecht, comprising three...
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all of them succeeded in getting through the Strait of Gibraltar safely. U-458 U-593 U-605 U-660 U-202 http://uboat.net/ops/wolfpacks/1942.htm v t e...
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Eisbär (English: Polar Bear) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 23 to 29 August 1942 in World War II. This pack was assembled to operate...
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Blücher was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 14 to 28 August 1942. They attacked the Freetown...
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Hai (English : "Shark") was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 3 to 21 July 1942 in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. They attacked...
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Endrass was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from 12 to 17 June 1942 in attacking Convoy HG 84 that comprised 23 Allied ships. The group's...
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Wolfpack Borkum Active 18 December 1943 - 3 January 1944 Country Nazi Germany Branch Kriegsmarine Size 17 submarines Commanders Notable commanders Karl-Heinz...
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Zieten was the name given to two wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, the first, larger and...
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West was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 8 May 1941 to 20 June 1941. This wolfpack was responsible...
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Wolf was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 13 July to 1 August 1942, attacking Convoy ON 115 in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War...
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Prien's wolfpack is the name given in some sources to a formation of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It...
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German submarine U-96 (1940) (section Wolfpacks)
888 GRT to be declared a total loss. The boat was a member of eleven wolfpacks. On 30 March 1945, U-96 was sunk by US bombs while in the submarine pens...
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was the name given to two separate U-boat "wolfpacks" of Nazi Germany during World War II. The first wolfpack comprised 11 U-boats and operated from 12...
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Pfadfinder (English: "Pathfinder") was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from 21 to 27 May 1942, in the Battle of the Atlantic during World...
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Lohs was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from August 1 to September 22, 1942 in World War II. This pack patrolled both sides of the Atlantic...
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Convoy SC 100 (section Wolfpack Lohs)
returned to base. The convoy was attacked by both Wolfpack Lohs comprising 9 U-boats, and 8 U-boats from Wolfpack Pfeil, namely U-135 U-176 U-259 U-373 U-410...
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Wolfpack Kreuzotter (Common Viper) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during 1942 in the World War II Battle of the Atlantic. "Wolfpack Kreuzotter...
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Ungestüm (Vehemence) was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 11 December 1942...
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German submarine U-461 (section Wolfpacks)
survived; 53 were killed. U-461 took part in three wolfpacks, namely: Wolf (26 July – 1 August 1942) Vorwärts (16 – 20 September 1942) Rochen (26 February –...
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German submarine U-218 (section Wolfpacks)
Innes McCartney in 2001 off Malin Head. U-218 took part in seven wolfpacks, namely: Vorwärts (4 – 15 September 1942) Natter (2 – 8 November 1942) Westwall...
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Breslau was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1943 from 2 October 1941 to...
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commanders Knight's Cross recipients Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Wolfpacks List of wolfpacks of World War II Blücher Borkum Delphin II Dränger Eisbär Eisteufel...
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Rossbach Schill Schlieffen Seewolf Steinbrinck Siegfried Streitaxt Tümmler Vorwärts Weddigen West Wolf Major engagements Convoy SC 7 Convoy PQ 17 Battle of...
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Schill was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. Following the resumption of the assault on the...
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Wolfpacks (German: U-Boot-Gruppe) were employed by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II against Allied and neutral shipping. From the outbreak...
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