• The Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote or BdU (Eng: "Commander of the U-boats") was the supreme commander of the German Navy's U-boat Arm (Ubootwaffe) during...
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  • subordinated to an overall "Commander of the U-boats" (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote, or BdU). The post of FdU was revived in the 1930s with German re-armament...
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    runners. U-boats were sailing in distant waters which required more signals from Admiral Karl Dönitz (Befehlshaber der U-Boote, BdU, Commander, U-boats)...
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  • about the dangers, Führer der Unterseeboote (leader of the U-boats), Befehlshaber der U-Boote (Commander-in-Chief of the U-boats), and Admiral Karl Dönitz...
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  • India B.D.U, a South Korean boy band Battle Dress Uniform, historical United States military camouflage clothing Befehlshaber der U-Boote, head of the...
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    Karl Dönitz (category U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy))
    Befehlshaber der U-Boote (B.d.U.) 223rd Oak Leaves on 6 April 1943 as Großadmiral and Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine and Befehlshaber der U-Boote Golden...
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    the German submarine command, Befehlshaber der U-Boote, issued orders for submarines in the South Atlantic, including U-507 under Captain Harro Schacht...
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    issued two months previously, U-177 left the scene without rescuing survivors. Instead the German Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU) requested help from the Portuguese...
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    Hans-Rudolf Rösing (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    U-boat Flotilla, but in August 1941 returned to the staff of the Befehlshaber der U-boote. In July 1942, Rösing was appointed as FdU West (Führer der...
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    submarine U-74 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat and the weather observation ship Sachsenwald. The Befehlshaber der U-Boote (U-boats...
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  • Günter Hessler (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    Hessler then handed over command of U-107 to Harald Gelhaus and transferred to the Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU). He served on the naval staff as 1....
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  • (Befehlshaber der U-Boote); however, in this capacity Karl Dönitz operated with near total independence, including the tactical deployment of his U-boats...
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  • The Sinking of the Laconia (category U-boat fiction)
    Royal Navy Ian van der Heyden - Lieutenant Jackson, Royal Navy Thomas Kretschmann - Admiral Karl Dönitz, Befehlshaber der U-Boote Nikolai Kinski - Korvettenkapitän...
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    Iceland, were nevertheless a worry to Admiral Karl Dönitz, who was Befehlshaber der U-Boote. As a measure of how valuable they were, after patrols off Canada...
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    submarine U-74, under the command of Captain Lieutenant Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat, and the weather observation ship Sachsenwald. The Befehlshaber der U-Boote (U-boat...
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    on 13 September, Hartenstein sent a coded radio message to the Befehlshaber der U-Boote alerting them to the situation. It read: "Sunk by Hartenstein,...
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  • submarine war split and were, under the Commander of the submarines (Befehlshaber der U-Boote), directly subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief. In 1944, the...
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  • of the Hitler Youth. B. d. U. – Befehlshaber der U-Boote – Commander-in-Chief of the U-boats (Admiral Karl Dönitz); see FdU. Befehl (pl. Befehle) – order...
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    Admiral) Karl Dönitz. Dönitz was the "Commander of the Submarines" (Befehlshaber der U-Boote) for the German Kriegsmarine. About 1,600 men were based at BETASOM...
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    Erich Topp (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    later, U-57 was able to begin her patrol. The Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU—supreme commander of the U-boat arm) credited Topp with the sinking three...
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    officer of U-156, realized civilians and prisoners of war were on board, he surfaced to rescue survivors, and asked the Befehlshaber der U-Boote (U-boat Command...
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    of additional blockships. Kriegsmarine Commander of Submarines (Befehlshaber der U-Boote) Karl Dönitz devised a plan to attack Scapa Flow by submarine within...
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  • 07:00 and 08:00 to pick up Bismarck's War Diary. He replied to the Befehlshaber der U-Boote ("Commander-in-Chief for Submarines") Karl Dönitz, asking that...
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    Herbert Schultze (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    decided to stay with the convoy and ignored the orders of Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU). He proceeded to expend all but one torpedo and missed the...
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    Convoy RS 3 (section U-boats)
    on 22 March. Karl Dönitz the commander of U-boats (Befehlshaber der U-Boote, BdU) sent the remaining seven U-boats to form a cordon from the west to the...
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  • a message to a U-boat usually began with Rear Admiral Dönitz (Commander of the Submarines, German: Befehlshaber der U-Boote, abbr. BdU) who maintained...
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  • Werner Hartmann (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    commander of both U-37 and 2nd U-boat Flotilla, but directing U-boats while at sea proved inefficient, and the Befehlshaber der U-Boote ("U-boat High Command")...
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    Günther Prien (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    which was not damaged by the detonation. The war diary of the Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU) on 17 December 1939 stated that even though a hit was observed...
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    the U-boat high command, Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU), U-175 departed Kiel along with a small escort and another U-boat – U-179. The two boats proceeded...
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    the second happy time, Admiral Karl Dönitz, the Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU) or commander in chief of U-Boats, shifted focus to the mid-Atlantic to avoid...
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