The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies, largely in the...
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U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized version of the German word...
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The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name)...
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Black May (1943) (redirect from Stalingrad of the U-boat arm)
period (May 1943) in the Battle of the Atlantic campaign during World War II, when the German U-boat arm (U-Bootwaffe) suffered high casualties with fewer...
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Kriegsmarine (redirect from U-Boat Arm)
"Second Happy Time") (1942) – U-boat campaign off the United States east coast Neuland ("New Land") (1942) – U-boat campaign in the Caribbean Sea; launched...
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Silent Hunter III (section U-boat campaign)
in command of a German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. Silent Hunter III features a dynamic campaign. Instead of giving the...
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considered various submarine designs for specialized operations or improving U-boat performance. Many of these designs did not come to fruition for various...
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The Mediterranean U-boat Campaign lasted from about 21 September 1941 to 19 September 1944 during the Second World War. Malta was an active British base...
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Submarine pen (redirect from U-boat pen)
Germany and its occupied countries, which were also known as U-boat pens (after the phrase "U-boat" to refer to German submarines). Among the first forms of...
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Type XIV submarine (redirect from Type XIV U-Boat)
The Type XIV U-boat was designed to resupply other U-boats, being the only submarine tenders built which were not surface ships. It was nicknamed in German...
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Type XXI submarine (redirect from Type XXI U-boat)
lesser maximum diving depth than earlier U-boat designs. It was planned that final assembly of Type XXI boats would eventually be carried out in the Valentin...
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List of U-boat types contains lists of the German U-boat types (submarine classes) used in World War I and World War II. The anglicized word U-boat is usually...
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Type VII submarine (redirect from Type VII U-boat)
Type VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat. 703 boats were built by the end of the war. The lone surviving example, U-995, is...
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The Mediterranean U-boat Campaign in the Mediterranean Sea was fought by Austria-Hungary and German Empire (with some support by the Ottoman Empire) against...
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Unrestricted submarine warfare (category U-boat Campaign (World War I))
There have been four campaigns of unrestricted submarine warfare, one in World War I and three in World War II: The U-boat campaign of World War I, waged...
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The Rocket U-boat was a series of military projects undertaken by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The projects, which were undertaken at Peenemünde...
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List of U-boat flotillas contains lists of the German U-boat flotillas in the two World Wars. The bases shown here are the ones at which the flotillas...
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The Gulf of Finland U-boat campaign lasted in the Gulf of Finland during the World War II against the Soviet Union between summer 1944 and spring 1945...
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The 1st U-boat flotilla (German 1. Unterseebootsflottille) also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's...
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Attack on Orleans (redirect from U-Boat Attack on Orleans, Massachusetts)
Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 156". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. The U-Boat That Threatened America...
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Type XVII submarine (redirect from Type XVIIB U-boat)
The Type XVII U-boats were small coastal submarines that used a high-test peroxide propulsion system, which offered a combination of air-independent propulsion...
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Elektroboot (section Electric U-boats)
though a prototype was running in 1940. But when problems with the existing U-boat designs became evident in 1942, the work was stepped up. Eventually two...
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Monsun Gruppe (redirect from Monsoon boat)
The Gruppe Monsun or Monsoon Group was a force of German U-boats (submarines) that operated in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during World War II. Although...
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Battle of the Atlantic (category Campaigns, operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
subsequent counter-blockade. The campaign peaked from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the...
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List of successful U-boats contains lists of the most successful German U-boats in the two World Wars based on total tonnage. This list contains the 5...
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Type IX submarine (redirect from Type IX U-boat)
U-boats. U-177 U-178 U-179 U-180 U-181 U-182 U-195 U-196 U-197 U-198 U-199 U-200 U-847 U-848 U-849 U-850 U-851 U-852 U-859 U-860 U-861 U-862 U-863 U-864...
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Type XXIII submarine (redirect from Type XXIII U-boat)
U-2321 U-2322 U-2323 U-2324 U-2325 U-2326 U-2327 U-2328 U-2329 U-2330 U-2331 U-2332 U-2333 U-2334 U-2335 U-2336 U-2337 U-2338 U-2339 U-2340 U-2341 U-2342...
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German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the...
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Lorient Submarine Base (redirect from Lorient U-boat base)
head of Germany’s U-boat Arm, Konteradmiral Karl Dönitz, was keen to use the French Atlantic ports as forward bases for his U-boat force then engaged...
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the way that German U-boat campaign was, but both having that effect— and both were also very successful. The German U-boat campaign, aimed mainly against...
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