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U-boat
noun as in submarine
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Prominent among those struggles was the battle of the Atlantic, waged against the U-boat menace.
I suspect that the production stopped short of plagiarism, but it probably sailed very close to the U-boat.
He died in 1941, just 35, after a German U-Boat torpedoed the ship on which he was sailing as a BBC correspondent to Cairo.
If he spotted a U-boat, not only would he call for backup, he wanted to attack the sub himself.
This was the policy adopted by the Allies of not giving out the news that any U-boat was captured or otherwise accounted for.
There has naturally been a great deal of ink spilled during the War on the subject of the U-boat.
A hit on a big ship, once the destroyer screen has been avoided, is comparatively easy; a hit on a U-boat is mighty difficult.
In certain cases the U-boat captains exceeded their instructions and acted yet more illegally.
The patrol vessels could not be blamed, but the U-boat Service would have had a good grievance for the rest of the war.
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to U-boat, such as: submersible, nuclear submarine, underwater craft, and underwater robot.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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