U-boat
Example Sentences
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The first dog sled patrols began in eastern Greenland during World War II, when they discovered and helped destroy German weather stations, denying the Germans crucial information for their U-boat campaign in the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
It became synonymous with German military power, producing the Big Bertha gun during World War I, and later building tanks and U-boat components for the Nazis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
But as happened elsewhere in the country, much of L.A.’s public German community went to ground after May 1915, when a German U-boat sank the British ocean liner Lusitania.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
That included staffing her post as the news came in that a convoy escorted by her future husband’s ship, the destroyer HMS Oribi, had been attacked by a U-boat wolf pack.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
Germany was seen as a militaristic threat because of its admittedly brutal actions in Belgium, its introduction of poison gas, and its use of unrestricted U-boat warfare—all magnified by Allied propaganda.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
