U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot (), a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat".While the German term refers to any submarine, the English one (in common with several other languages) refers specifically to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. At the outset of World War I, German Britain's blockade across the North Sea and the English Channel cut the flow of war supplies, food, and fuel to Germany during World War I. Germany retaliated by using its submarines to destroy neutral ships that were supplying the Allies. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Connects submarine and antisubmarine operations between World War I and World War II, and suggests a continuous war. By the end of 1917, 3,170 Allied and neutral ships, totaling nearly six million tons, were sunk. SM U-20 was a German Type U 19 U-boat built for service in the Imperial German Navy.She was launched on 18 December 1912, and commissioned on 5 August 1913. Over 40.000 pages on the officers, the boats, technology and the Allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat.
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They were Germany’s only weapon of advantage as Britain They were Germany’s only weapon of advantage as Britain The formidable U-boats (unterseeboots) prowled the Atlantic armed with torpedoes. The formidable U-boats (unterseeboots) prowled the Atlantic armed with torpedoes.
In fact in strange paradox you can say that these submarines almost won the war for Germany, by devastating the allies merchant shipping, and at the same time say they lost the war for Germany by being the reason the U.S. entered the war on the side of the allies. Germany was the first country to employ submarines in war as substitutes for surface commerce raiders. Introduction - WW1 U-Boat Facts The German U-Boat was a very effective World War One weapon. The Atlantic Campaign Harper & Row, 1988. U-20 became infamous following her sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915, an act that dramatically reshaped the course of World War I.
The convoys were harder for U-Boats to find and attack, but the U-Boats still posed a terrifying threat.
While the allies had experimented with submarines, and the Russians had deployed them earlier in the century, no country took them to the heights (or depths) that Germany did. U-BOAT is a registered trademarkof HI-TEK OFFICE SRLDistributed by New Time SRLVia Pesciatina, 751H55010 Gragnano - Capannori (LU) ItalyVAT n° 02064420462.