German submarine U-172 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was first assigned to the 4th U-boat Flotilla for...
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German submarine U-91 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Flender Werke in Lübeck as yard...
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22 July 1941 and commissioned under the command of Fregattenkapitän Hans-Werner Neumann on 25 October of that year. On 19 September 1942, U-117 departed...
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German submarine U-116 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 31 January 1939 and laid...
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Spirit made its Broadway debut at the Morosco Theatre. German submarines U-172 and U-457 were commissioned. Born: Art Garfunkel, musician and actor, in Queens...
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German submarine U-219 was a Type XB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The U-boat was laid down on 31 May 1941 at the Germaniawerft...
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Major General George Grunert in October 1941 and took command himself. The main component of the department was the U.S. Army Philippine Division, a 10,500-man...
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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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September 1941 and commissioned on 6 December under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner Czygan. After a period of training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla...
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Bordeaux on 22 July 1943, U-459 was attacked on 24 July near Cape Ortegal, Spain, by two British Wellington aircraft of No. 172 Squadron RAF. The boat shot...
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