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The flying boat that helped break Hitler’s U-boat war

During the Battle of the Atlantic, Allied survival depended on keeping supply convoys alive while German submarines prowled ...
The National Interest

Outmatched: These U-Boats Tried and Failed To Destroy Allied Warplanes

Here’s What You Need to Remember: World War II-era submarines needed to surface frequently to run their air-breathing diesel engines. ASV radars—even with their short effective range of six to ten ...
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Germany’s tiny U-boats were a desperate disaster from the start

As Allied power crushed Germany’s submarine war and the invasion of Europe loomed, the Kriegsmarine rushed small one man submarines into combat as a last ditch answer. First came the fragile Molch, ...
The National Interest

The Story Of How Nazi U-Boats Tried To Destroy Allied Warplanes (And Failed)

Key point: The German Navy still wants its submarines to be able to kill air assets to this day. At the height of the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, Grand Adm. Karl Dönitz, mastermind of the ...
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The hunt for Germany's largest warship proved that U-boats were the Nazis' best weapon

On the night of May 18, 1941, the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen steamed out of its base at Gotenhafen (now Gdynia, Poland), followed five hours later by the Kriegsmarine's crown jewel, the ...