A German U-boat on mission in the Atlantic Ocean, as seen in World War II, May 1942. WhenWorld War IIcommenced, Germany had 57 submarines under the command of Commodore Karl Dönitz, who had served on U-boats in World War I. Dönitz believed the war would be decided in the Atlanti...
In 1941 convoys bound for Britain from the United States face a perilous crossing, with many ships sunk by German submarines and surface raiders. From “The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis” (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educa
U-boat, (“undersea boat”), a German submarine. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and II. Germany was the first country to employ submarines in war as substitutes for surface commerce raid
German U boats then attacked US ships - and Wilson declared war soon after. War Industries Board War triggered economic boom in US. Also saw government powers expanded during wartime. this board (the WIB) was established in 1917 to direct military production. Bernard Baruch put in charge - ...
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During the war, especially the latter part, German U-boats made frequent trips to the South Atlantic, South America, and Antarctica. Germany also set up floating meteorological buoys in Antarctic waters and weather stations on islands located between Antarctica and the tip of South America. The ...
It was there that mathematician Alan Turing decoded messages encrypted by the Nazis' Enigma machine, in particular those sent by German U-boats submarines in the North Atlantic.Enigma cypherswere used by the Germans during World War II to scramble military communications and intelligence, to s...
The next day, things didn’t go much better. They accidentally dropped a depth charge into the water which exploded. The reason why so many ships were in the fleet was to defend themselves against German u-boats. As no one knew the depth charge was being released, everyone in the fleet...
to have worked in the shipping industry in the northern English port city of Liverpool. Key to the allied war effort, many of the seamen worked below deck in the engine rooms, dying in their thousands on the dangerous trips through the Atlantic under heavy attack from G...
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