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This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
Submarines of World War II represented a wide range of capabilities with many types of varying specifications produced by dozens of countries. The principle countries engaged in submarine warfare during the war were Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. The Italian and Soviet fleets were the largest.
During the war, 52 US submarines were lost to all causes, with 48 directly due to hostilities; [73] 3,505 [72] [74] sailors were lost, the highest percentage killed in action of any US service arm in World War II. U.S. submarines sank 1,560 enemy vessels, [72] a total tonnage of 5.3 million tons (55% of the total sunk), [75] including 8 ...
List of German U-boats in World War II; List of German U-boats in World War II (1-599) List of German U-boats in World War II (600-4712) German submarine U-1 (1935) German submarine U-2 (1935) German submarine U-3 (1935) German submarine U-4 (1935) German submarine U-5 (1935) German submarine U-6 (1935) German submarine U-7 (1935) German ...
German submarine U-352 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 11 March 1940, at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg , launched on 7 May 1941, and commissioned on 28 August 1941, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hellmut Rathke.
Commissioned: 2 October 1940; Operations: 3 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille; Victories: 1 ship (206 tons) Fate: Sunk 10 August 1941 near Hiiumaa (Dagö) in the Gulf of Finland by Soviet Navy submarine Щ-307
German submarine U-72 was a Type VIIC submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. U-72 was launched on 22 November 1940 and commissioned on 4 January 1941. U-72 served with 24th U-boat Flotilla (a training unit), and later with 21st U-boat Flotilla (also a training unit), from 2 July 1941 to 30 March 1945.
The U-boat campaign of World War I, waged intermittently by Germany between 1915 and 1918 against Britain and her allies. One of the most infamous acts was on May 7, 1915, when U-boat U-20 deliberately torpedoed the British Cunard luxury liner RMS Lusitania. Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917, together with ...