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U-boat

German submarine. The term was used in both world wars when U-boat attacks posed a great threat to Allied shipping.
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Eventually, sheer numbers prevailed, and American merchant ships could sail anywhere in relative safety as the number of German U-boats declined in inverse proportion to the increase in shipping.
TORPEDO JUNCTION the cruelest sea by David H Grover / Sea Classics
Britain was in danger of being starved into submission by packs of German U-boats prowling the Atlantic and blocking the ships carrying tons of food and raw materials bound for the UK.
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Readers also see how the German U-boats extended their endurance by refuelling and rearming at sea from another U-boat--in this case the U463, a specially designed tanker known as a Milchkuh (milk cow).
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