Hecht (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...
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May by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3. The convoy was discovered by Wolfpack Hecht on 11 May; seven ships were sunk before the U-boats lost contact with...
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Bury left Liverpool as part of Convoy ON 92 which was attacked by Wolfpack Hecht on 11 May 1942. She collected 178 survivors from three different ships...
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American armored battalion that led the invasion 5:09 4. "Wolfpack" Brodén Wolfpack Hecht's attack on Convoy ON 92 5:55 5. "Counterstrike" Brodén, Sundström...
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German submarine U-124 (1940) (section Wolfpacks)
was back to the mid-Atlantic for the boat's ninth patrol, as part of Wolfpack Hecht, beginning on 4 May 1942. Four ships from Convoy ON 92 were sunk on...
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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-406 (section Wolfpacks)
merchant ships for a total of 13,285 GRT. U-406 took part in eleven wolfpacks: Hecht (8 May – 18 June 1942) Blücher (14 – 28 August 1942) Iltis (6 – 23...
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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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convoy SC 107. On 1 November the convoy was intercepted by the German wolfpack "Hecht" and until the end of the battle on 6 November, 13 merchant ships were...
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the convoy they were escorting, ONS 93, was sighted by the U-boat wolfpack "Hecht". In the ensuing battle during the night of 11/12 May, the convoy lost...
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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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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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Seehund (section XXVIIA (Hecht))
based on inspection of the British boats, designated Type XXVIIA and named Hecht ("Pike"). Like the British X class boats, the Type XXVIIA was designed to...
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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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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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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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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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Wolfpacks (‹See Tfd›German: U-Boot-Gruppe) were employed by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II against Allied and neutral shipping. From...
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Raeder Karl Dönitz Wolfpacks List of wolfpacks of World War II Blücher Borkum Delphin II Dränger Eisbär Eisteufel Endrass Hai Hartmann Hecht Kiebitz Kreuzotter...
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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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German submarine U-352 (section Wolfpacks)
the remainder of the war as prisoners. U-352 took part in one wolfpack, namely: Hecht (27 January – 4 February 1942) The wreck of U-352 was discovered...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brandenburg was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1941 from 15 September 1941...
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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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