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    Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] , a shortening of Unterseeboot (under-sea boat), though the German...
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  • ISBN 1-55750-186-6. Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September...
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  • Heinrich Timm (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    Heinrich Timm (30 April 1910 in Bremen – 12 April 1974 in Axstedt) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of...
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  • Gunter Jahn (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    Gunter Jahn (27 September 1910 – 12 April 1992) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was born in Hamburg, Germany and began his naval...
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    market or else rethink and modernise their operations. For example, the boot and shoe industry faced increasing imports of American footwear; Americans...
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  • This is a list of World War II U-boat commanders. Only sunk merchant ships are counted in the totals; warships and damaged ships are not. Submariners...
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    Georg von Trapp (category U-boat commanders (Austro-Hungarian Navy))
    submarine arm, or U-boot-Waffe, receiving promotion to Linienschiffsleutnant (ship-of-the-line lieutenant, or lieutenant) that November. In 1910 he was given...
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  • Adolf Piening (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    September 1910 – 15 May 1984) was a German naval officer. During World War II, he served in the Kriegsmarine and commanded the Type IXC U-boat U-155, sinking...
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  • Siegfried von Forstner (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    Korvettenkapitän Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner[a] (19 September 1910 – 13 October 1943[b]) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was also a recipient...
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  • Karl-Heinz Moehle (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    Karl-Heinz Moehle (31 July 1910 – 17 November 1996) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. From September 1939 until retiring from front...
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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...
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    Submarine films (category U-boats)
    miniseries) (1988) Das letzte U-Boot (The Last U-Boat) (1993) – a German television film about U-234 U-571 (2000) – fictional U-571 Below (2002) – fictional...
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    [etc.]: G. Westermann, OCLC 4360549 Stöwer, Prof. Willy (1916). Deutsche U-Boot-Taten, in Bild und Wort. München / Berlin: F. Bruckmann / Reichsmarinestiftung...
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    primetime television viewers" (PDF). United States Naval Aviation, 1910–1995. U.S. Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2001. (PDF file...
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    mid-March 1910, the insurgency led by Estrada and Chamorro had seemingly collapsed and with the apparent and unexpected strength of Madriz, the U.S. Nicaraguan...
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    formally known as the Battle for the Boot but more recently sometimes informally called the Battle for the Golden Boot, is an American college football rivalry...
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    Tilden, Texas (category Boot Hill cemeteries)
    turned over to the Tilden School District in 1897. Located in Tilden is Boot Hill Cemetery, one of the only two authentic cemeteries of its kind in the...
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    Martin Niemöller (category U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy))
    become a preacher, a story he later recounted in his book Vom U-Boot zur Kanzel (From U-boat to Pulpit). At war's end, Niemöller resigned his commission...
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    2023). "Sheriff Won't Primary Buck But Still Thinks a Republican Should Boot Him Out of Office". Colorado Times Recorder. Retrieved November 21, 2023...
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  • George Herbert Skinner (1872–1931) was a British boot and shoe manufacturer, enthusiastic pioneer motorist and inventor of a well-known carburettor which...
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  • List of inventors (section U)
    Anderson (1866–1953), U.S. – windshield wiper blade Momofuku Ando (1910–2007), Japan – Instant noodles Hal Anger (1920–2005), U.S. – Well counter (radioactivity...
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  • Karl-Friedrich Merten (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    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...
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  • thirst, an' weariness, But—not—not—not—not the chronic sight of 'em, Boot—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again, An' there's no discharge in the...
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    Industries, Nocona Boot Company, and the Nocona Belt Company. Nocona Boot Company and Justin Industries have since moved; however, the Montague Boot Company has...
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  • August 1910 Estrada became President of Nicaragua under U.S. recognition, agreeing to certain conditions from the U.S. After the intervention, the U.S. and...
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    The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it...
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    and described as making it impossible to even wiggle toes inside a shoe or boot; one survivor said he felt as if an "80,000-pound (36 t) semi truck had parked...
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    Dodge City, Kansas (category Boot Hill cemeteries)
    Boot Hill Museum". Boot Hill Museum. Archived from the original on September 22, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011. "Boot Hill Museum Exhibits". Boot Hill...
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  • German, there is no distinction as "U-boat" is used for any submarine, such as "Deutsches U-Boot" or "Amerikanisches U-Boot". Ural bomber – Luftwaffe General...
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    Louisiana (redirect from Boot state)
    and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French...
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