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    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 was...
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  • U-99 may refer to one of the following German submarines: SM U-99, a Type U 57 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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    Flotilla after Lehmann-Willenbrock took command in March 1942. U-96 departed Kiel on 4 December 1940 on her first patrol. Her route took her across the North...
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    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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    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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    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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  • (230 km; 143 mi) northwest of Rockall on 26 December 1940. This vessel met her end due to the actions of U-99 on the 27th. The boat left Lorient on 16 February...
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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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    Otto Kretschmer (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    Cross on 4 August 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-99 6th Oak Leaves on 4 November 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-99 5th Swords on 26...
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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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  • submarines known as U-boats that were in action during World War II were built between 1935 and 1944, and were numbered in sequence from U-1 upwards. Numbering...
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  • Thumbnail for Type 99 rifle
    The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle (九九式短小銃, Kyūkyū-shiki tan-shōjū) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese...
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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-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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    counter-blockade. The campaign peaked from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the German Kriegsmarine...
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  • German submarine U-149 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 25 May 1940 by Deutsche Werke...
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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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  • 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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  • 1940, and commissioned on 23 November under the command of Kapitänleutnant Joachim Matz to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla from 23 November 1940 until...
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    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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  • Seized on 10 June 1940 at Cardiff. Handed over to MoWT and renamed Empire Volunteer. Torpedoed on 15 September 1940 and sunk by U-48 at 56°43′N 15°17′W...
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  • Highway 99 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs 377 kilometres (234 mi) from the U.S. border to near Cache Creek, serving Greater Vancouver...
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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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  • 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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  • German submarine U-93 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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  • The Savage Model 99, Model 1899, and their predecessor the model 1895 are a series of hammerless lever action rifles created by the Savage Arms Company...
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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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