U-Boat War in england – part 3
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II. Although in theory, U-boats could have been useful fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, in practice they were most effectively used in an economic-warfare role, enforcing a naval blockade against enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from the British Empire and the United States to the island of Great Britain. Austrian submarines of World War I were also known as “U-Boats”.
The distinction between U-boat and submarine is common in English-language usage (where U-boat refers exclusively to the German vessels of the World Wars) but is unknown in German, in which the term U-Boot refers to any submarine.
Duration : 0:9:56
Posted by admin Date: Monday, June 15, 2009
Categories: boating supplies
Tags: axis, boat, britain, England, Enigma, Germany, Great, Machine, navy, nazi, submarines, torpedoes, warfare, warships, ww2
U-Boat War in england – part 2
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II. Although in theory, U-boats could have been useful fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, in practice they were most effectively used in an economic-warfare role, enforcing a naval blockade against enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from the British Empire and the United States to the island of Great Britain. Austrian submarines of World War I were also known as “U-Boats”.
The distinction between U-boat and submarine is common in English-language usage (where U-boat refers exclusively to the German vessels of the World Wars) but is unknown in German, in which the term U-Boot refers to any submarine.
Duration : 0:9:53
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Categories: boating supplies
Tags: axis, boat, britain, England, Enigma, Germany, Great, Machine, navy, nazi, submarines, torpedoes, warfare, warships, ww2
U-Boat War in england – part 6
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II. Although in theory, U-boats could have been useful fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, in practice they were most effectively used in an economic-warfare role, enforcing a naval blockade against enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were …
Duration : 0:7:17
Posted by admin Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Categories: boating supplies
Tags: axis, boat, britain, England, Enigma, Germany, Great, Machine, navy, nazi, submarines, torpedoes, warfare, warships, ww2
U-Boat War in england – part 1
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II. Although in theory, U-boats could have been useful fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, in practice they were most effectively used in an economic-warfare role, enforcing a naval blockade against enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from the British Empire and the United States to the island of Great Britain. Austrian submarines of World War I were also known as “U-Boats”.
The distinction between U-boat and submarine is common in English-language usage (where U-boat refers exclusively to the German vessels of the World Wars) but is unknown in German, in which the term U-Boot refers to any submarine.
Duration : 0:9:32