• Thumbnail for German submarine U-96 (1940)
    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther...
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  • U-96 may refer to one of the following German submarines: SM U-96, a Type U 93 submarine launched in 1917 and that served in the First World War until...
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    The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-99 (1940)
    March 1940 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer and was assigned to the 7th U-boat Flotilla based in Kiel and later in St Nazaire. U-99...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-69 (1940)
    submarine U-69 was the first Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. This meant that compared to previous U-boats, she...
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    four years. U-103 was laid down on 6 September 1939 at DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen as yard number 966. She was launched on 12 April 1940 and commissioned...
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    resupplying, U-100 departed for her third active patrol on 12 October 1940. She came into contact with two Allied convoys, HX 79 and SC 7. U-100 departed...
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    Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded four U-boats, including U-96, a Type VIIC U-boat, which gained widespread recognition when one of its...
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    related to 1940 United States Census. Official 1940 census website 1940 Census Records from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration 1940 Federal...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-94 (1940)
    German submarine U-94 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 9 September 1939 at the F. Krupp...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-74 (1940)
    German submarine U-74 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 5 November 1939, by Bremer Vulkan...
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  • She was launched on 18 May 1940 and commissioned on 27 June 1940 with Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang Lüth in command. U-138 conducted five patrols, sinking...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-101 (1940)
    U-101 was ordered on 15 December 1937 and laid down on 31 March 1939 at Germaniawerft, Kiel, as yard number 595. She was launched on 13 January 1940 and...
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  • launched on 27 July 1940 and commissioned on 30 September of the same year under Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Helmut Rosenbaum. U-73 carried out 15 patrols...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-102 (1940)
    launched on 21 March 1940 and commissioned on 27 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla...
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  • German submarine U-98 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, operating from March 1941 until she was sunk in November...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-26 (1936)
    experienced a short, but successful combat career, sinking eleven ships. Until 1940, U-26 was primarily used as training vessel and for propaganda purposes by...
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  • between forty-four and sixty. U-95 was a member of two wolfpacks. The boat left Kiel for her first patrol on 20 November 1940. She entered the Northern Atlantic...
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  • 28 March 1940, in the shipyard of Bremer Vulkan in the port city of Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 6. U-78 was launched on 7 December 1940 and formally...
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    was powered by two AEG GU 460/8-276 (except in U-45, U-46, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-54, U-73 to U-76, U-99 and U-100, which retained the BBC motor of the VIIA)...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-77 (1940)
    German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. Her keel was...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-75 (1940)
    October 1940 and commissioned on 19 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Helmuth Ringelmann. U-75 carried out training with the 7th U-boat...
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    about invasion 1940–41?". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023. Dear & Foot 2005, p. 96. Ellis 1993...
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    1928 as State Route 117. It was renumbered State Route 96 in the 1933 renumbering, and in the 1940 renumbering it was renumbered State Route 89 to match...
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  • 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in September 1940: The Italians...
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  • disappearance in March 1941, U-47 lost one crewman, Heinrich Mantyk, who fell overboard on 5 September 1940. U-47 was assigned to the 7th U-boat Flotilla on 17...
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  • German submarine U-72 was a Type VIIC submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. U-72 was launched on 22 November 1940 and commissioned...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-83 (1940)
    5 October 1939. Launched on 9 December 1940, she was commissioned on 8 February 1941. U-83 served with 1st U-boat Flotilla from 8 February 1941 to 31...
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  • 15 August 1940 and commissioned on 28 September under the command of Kapitänleutnant Udo Heilmann. Serving with the 7th U-boat Flotilla, U-97 completed...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-552
    Hamburg as yard number 528, launched on 14 September 1940, and went into service on 4 December 1940. U-552 was nicknamed the Roter Teufel ("Red Devil") after...
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