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Tag Archives: U-boat
This week in the War, 12–18 January 1942: U-boats begin Operation Drum Roll
This week in the war, on 12 January 1942, the U-123 sank the British steamer Cyclops near Cape Cod. The sinking marked the opening of Doenitz’s U-boat offensive in the western Atlantic—his so-called Operation ‘Drum Roll’ (Paukenschlag). Before the end … Continue reading
Posted in World War II
Tagged Battle of the Atlantic, Bletchley Park, Doenitz, Enigma, Operation Drum Roll, Paukenschlag, Type IX, U-boat
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This week in the War, 3–9 March 1941: Gunther Prien perishes aboard the U-47
U-boat ace Kapitanleutnant Gunther Prien perished with his entire crew this week in the war, 8 March 1941, when the U-47 was sunk by the destroyer, HMS Wolverine. Formidable, indomitable, redoubtable were the adjectives that Churchill used to describe Prien, … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Atlantic, Doenitz, Gunther Prien, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Wolverine, Scapa Flow, U-47, U-boat
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