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    U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) in the U.S. state of Texas is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. senator from Texas. In northern...
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  • March 1939 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Harald Jürst. German Type IIC submarines were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. U-59 had...
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    stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. U-48 was built at the Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 583 during 1938 and 1939, being completed a few months before...
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    Kiel as yard number 584. Launched on 24 June 1939, she was commissioned on 12 August and assigned to the 7th U-Boat Flotilla under the command of Kurt von...
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  • Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel and commissioned on 21 December 1939. U-62 was initially assigned to the 5th U-boat Flotilla during her training period, until 1 January...
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    on 14 December U-96 sank the British motor ship Western Prince of 10,926 GRT in position 59°32′N 17°47′W / 59.533°N 17.783°W / 59.533; -17.783 with...
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    September 1939 U-38 stopped the French ship Pluvoise, examined her papers and released her. Pluvoise broadcast the event, warning others of the U-boat. For...
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    September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany...
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    Italian Archimede and ten German boats: U-128, U-161, U-164, U-507, U-513, U-590, U-591, U-598, U-604, and U-662. By fall 1943, the decreasing number...
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    January 1939, Raeder ordered 52 more U-boats to be completed by 1942: Twenty-one medium 500-ton type VIIB U-boats Eleven large 750-ton type IXB U-boats...
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    Pack: The Story of the U-Boat in World War II. Osprey. p. 59. ISBN 978-1841768724. Retrieved October 12, 2018. "German Type IX U-Boat - history, specification...
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    Publications 1939, pp. 48–49. "Palm Beach Club Opens At World's Fair In Amusement Area". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 59, no. 34. August 18, 1939. p. 27. ProQuest 1653843384...
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    Georg von Trapp (category U-boat commanders (Austro-Hungarian Navy))
    constructed SM U-6. He commanded U-6 until 1913. On 17 April 1915, Trapp took command of SM U-5. He conducted nine combat patrols in U-5, and sank two...
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    terminus is in Tenaha at an intersection with US 59 (Future I-69)/(Future I-369) and US 84 (Future I-69). U.S. Highway 96 is designated by the State of Texas...
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  • 15 June 1939 and commissioned on 12 August under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Jürgen Oesten. U-61 was initially assigned to the 5th U-boat Flotilla...
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    W. (September 1994). "Impact of technology on the defeat of the U-boat September 1939 – May 1943". IEE Proceedings - Science, Measurement and Technology...
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    Fiat G.55 Centauro (redirect from Fiat G.59)
    were the G.59-4A single-seater and G.59-4B two-seater, which were fitted with bubble canopies for improved visibility. 20 G.59-4As and ten G.59-4Bs were...
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    Yemeni states in 1939 The figures for Danzig are from 1929. Semi-independent British dominion Semi-independent British dominion "U.S. Census BureauWorld...
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  • 7th Flotilla for her entire career. U-47 was sent to sea in a pre-emptive move before war broke out in September 1939; this move would enable her to engage...
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  • (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]...
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    1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving...
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  • (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]...
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    U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway which extends for 1,305 miles (2,100 km) in the central United States. As...
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    Karl Dönitz (category U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy))
    Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 – Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 – The Knight's...
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    1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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  • Thumbnail for Timeline of World War II (1939)
    of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding...
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  • The Mann–Whitney U {\displaystyle U} test (also called the Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon (MWW/MWU), Wilcoxon rank-sum test, or Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test) is a...
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    needed] From 1926 to 1939, the aforementioned state routes between US 66 in Claude and US 81 in Bowie were co-designated with U.S. Route 370, which was...
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    Range of the Carpathians, approximately 95 km (59 mi) south of Kraków. Between October 1938 and September 1939, the highest elevation was Lodowy Szczyt (known...
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    Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Vol...
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