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DEUTSCHE UNTERSEEBOOTE OPERATIONEN IM ZWEITEN WELTKRIEG

OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION U-BOOT OPERATIONS U-BOOT TACTICS ENIGMA “ ACES OF THE DEEP” LIFE ONBOARD U-156 LEGACY QUESTIONS

INTRODUCTION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BEFEHLSHABER der UNTERSEEBOOTE ( BdU ) Grossadmiral Karl D önitz

Grossadmiral Karl D önitz 1891 - 1980

U-BOOT SHIPYARDS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

U-BOOT OPERATIONS I ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

U-BOOT TACTICS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ WOLFPACKS” ,[object Object],[object Object]

OPERATION “DRUMBEAT”, 1942 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

U-BOOT BASES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE

U-BOOT BUNKERS AT LA ROCHELLE (Modern Day)

“ BLACK MAY” - 1943 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SPIES & SABOTEURS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Admiral Wilhelm Canaris 1887 - 1945

ULTRA INTELLIGENCE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ ACES OF THE DEEP” The Aces of the Deep were the ten U-Boat commanders during World War II who sunk the most enemy merchant ships during their naval services Ranked according to the total tonnage of the ships they sunk The term is related to flying ace, a World War I name for a pilot who shot down five or more enemy planes The currently accepted list is as follows: 1 Otto Kretschmer 2 Wolfgang Lüth 3 Erich Topp 4 Heinrich Liebe 5 Victor Schütze 6 Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock 7 Karl-Friedrich Merten 8 Herbert Schultze 9 Günther Prien 10 Georg Lassen

Otto Kretschmer 1912 - 1998 Fregattenkapitän (Crew 30) Successes 40 ships sunk for a total of 208.954 GRT 3 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 46.440 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.375 tons 5 ships damaged for a total of 37.965 GRT 1 ship taken as prize for a total of 2.136 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 15.513 GRT

Wolfgang Lüth 1913 - 1945 Kapitän zur See (Crew 33) Successes 46 ships sunk for a total of 225.204 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 552 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 17.343 GRT

Erich Topp 1914 - 2005 Fregattenkapitän (Crew 34) Successes 34 ships sunk for a total of 197.233 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 227 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.190 tons 4 ships damaged for a total of 32.317 GRT

Günther Prien 1908 – 1941 Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33) Successes 30 ships sunk for a total of 162.769 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 29.150 tons 8 ships damaged for a total of 62.751 GRT

Joachim Schepke 1912 - 1941 Kapitänleutnant (Crew 30) Successes 36 ships sunk for a total of 153.677 GRT 4 ships damaged for a total of 17.229 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 2.205 GRT

U - 156 Kapitänleutnant Werner Harten

LACONIA INCIDENT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LACONIA ORDER ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

During WW II, over 40,000 sailors served on U- BOATS…

… .Fewer than 10,000 returned home….

WEBSITES ABOUT U-BOATS http://www.uboat.net/index.html http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/index.php

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