German submarine U-55 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 16 July 1937 and laid down on 2 November...
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U-55 may refer to one of the following German submarines: SM U-55, a Type U 51 submarine launched in 1916 and that served in the First World War until...
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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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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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(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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Sunderland sighted a U-boat, German submarine U-55 (1939), unable to submerge after sinking three ships. It directed destroyers to engage it. U-55 was scuttled...
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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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7th Flotilla for her entire career. U-47 was sent to sea in a pre-emptive move before war broke out in September 1939; this move would enable her to engage...
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State Highway 55 (SH 55) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. It runs from Uvalde northwestward through the western Hill Country onto the Edwards...
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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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Publications 1939, p. 52. Exposition Publications 1939, pp. 52–54. Exposition Publications 1939, pp. 54–55. Exposition Publications 1939, pp. 132–133...
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January 1939, Raeder ordered 52 more U-boats to be completed by 1942: Twenty-one medium 500-ton type VIIB U-boats Eleven large 750-ton type IXB U-boats...
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Johannes Franz, who commanded the boat until her loss on 20 September 1939. U-27 had a very short career, with only one war patrol and only two enemy...
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Hans-Joachim (2001). Deutsche U-Boot-Erfolge von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat successes from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German)...
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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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Glasoe & F. G. Slack (1939). "The Fission of Uranium". Physical Review. 55 (5): 511. Bibcode:1939PhRv...55..511A. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.55.511.2. Richard Rhodes...
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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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Challenge to American Intervention, 1939–1941 (2000). Doenecke, Justus D. The Battle Against Intervention, 1939–1941 (1997), includes short narrative...
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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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Work Safety, 1870-1939. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8018-5405-9 "Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 | U.S. History Primary...
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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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February 1939 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Kuppisch. German Type IIC submarines were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. U-58 had...
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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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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with the...
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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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cheerfulness and sophisticated charm. America was launched on 31 August 1939 and was sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of then-president of the United...
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Nonfarm". January 1939. "Top Picks (Most Requested Statistics) : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics". "Notice: Data not available: U.S. Bureau of Labor...
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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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The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens...
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