• German submarine U-65 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Over the course of six war patrols between 9 April 1940...
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    U.S. Route 65 (US 65) is a north–south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U...
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    stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. U-48 was built at the Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 583 during 1938 and 1939, being completed a few months before...
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    1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August. Between November 1939 and July 1943, the U-boat conducted 14 combat patrols, sinking...
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    Poika. U-41 then returned to Wilhelmshaven, arriving on 17 September 1939. U-41 left Wilhelmshaven with Mugler in command once again on 7 November 1939. On...
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  • Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel and commissioned on 21 December 1939. U-62 was initially assigned to the 5th U-boat Flotilla during her training period, until 1 January...
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    laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her...
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    in Bremen. She was launched in August 1939 and commissioned in November. During her service in the Kriegsmarine, U-44 conducted only two war patrols and...
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  • The Mark 65 one thousand-pound (450 kg) general-purpose bomb was developed for the U.S. military in 1939. The designation was AN-M65. The M65 design was...
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    U.S. Route 271 (US 271, US-271) is a north–south United States highway. Never a long highway, it went from bi-state route (Arkansas and Oklahoma) to a...
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    Kiel as yard number 584. Launched on 24 June 1939, she was commissioned on 12 August and assigned to the 7th U-Boat Flotilla under the command of Kurt von...
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  • construction, she was launched in September 1939 and formally commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in December. U-64 had a very short career and sank no enemy...
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    September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany...
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  • launched on 1 June 1939 and commissioned on 22 July under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Georg Schewe. U-60 was initially sent to the 5th U-boat Flotilla...
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    Friedrich Guggenberger (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    to the U-boat arm in October 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. After the usual training pattern he was assigned to U-28, where...
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  • Philadelphia  Country Club The 1939 U.S. Open was the 43rd U.S. Open, held June 8–12 at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, a suburb...
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    Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German)...
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  • (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]...
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  • The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which...
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    The 1939 New York World's Fair took place at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States, during 1939 and 1940. The fair included...
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  • 15 June 1939 and commissioned on 12 August under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Jürgen Oesten. U-61 was initially assigned to the 5th U-boat Flotilla...
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    (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]...
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    Hitler's U-boat Bases (2002), Jak P Mallmann Showell, Sutton Publishing ISBN 0-7509-2606-6 Gordon Williamson (2002). Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45. 841763640...
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    taking 21.65% of the vote in that region. Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1940 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential...
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    Italian Archimede and ten German boats: U-128, U-161, U-164, U-507, U-513, U-590, U-591, U-598, U-604, and U-662. By fall 1943, the decreasing number...
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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 Knight's...
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    Hans-Joachim (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War, 1939-1945: German U-boat losses from...
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    U-167 U-168 U-169 U-170 U-183 U-184 U-185 U-186 U-187 U-188 U-189 U-190 U-191 U-192 U-193 U-194 U-525 U-526 U-527 U-528 U-529 U-530 U-531 U-532 U-533...
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    Yemeni states in 1939 The figures for Danzig are from 1929. Semi-independent British dominion Semi-independent British dominion "U.S. Census BureauWorld...
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    Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Glattes in command. On 14 September 1939, just 27 days after she began her first patrol, U-39 attempted to sink the British aircraft carrier...
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