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  2. U-boat campaign - Wikipedia

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    The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies, largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean, as part of a mutual blockade between the German Empire and the United Kingdom.

  3. Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles, the North Sea and the coast of France.

  4. U-boat - Wikipedia

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    U-995, a typical VIIC/41 U-boat on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial. U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.The term is an anglicized version of the German word U-Boot ⓘ, a shortening of Unterseeboot (under-sea boat), though the German term refers to any submarine.

  5. Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The initial phase of the U-boat campaign in the Mediterranean comprised the actions by the KuK's U-boat force against the French. At the start of hostilities, the KuK had seven U-boats in commission; five operational, and two training; all were of the coastal type, with limited range and endurance, suitable for operation in the Adriatic.

  6. List of World War I U-boat commanders - Wikipedia

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    Saltzwedel (1889–1917) commanded six U-boats during the war. He was killed in December 1917 when UB-81 was sunk by a mine off the Isle of Wight. Otto von Schrader: N/A 57 [19] 54,663 [19] Schrader (1888–1945) commanded various U-boats. He was an admiral in World War II. Otto Schultze PM: N/A 53 [20] 132,564 [20] Schultze (1884–1966 ...

  7. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (1914–1918) Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (1915) Baralong incidents (1915) Action of 19 August 1915; Action of 24 September 1915; Attack on SS Gulflight (1916) United States Navy operations during World War I. Action of 15 October 1917; Attack on Orleans (1918) Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War ...

  8. Pola Flotilla - Wikipedia

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    The Pola Flotilla had a maximum strength of 33 U-boats. Due to the favourable conditions for commerce raiding in the Mediterranean, they caused a disproportionately large number of Allied losses during the U-boat campaign. 3.6 million tons of the 14 million tons lost by the Allies were sunk in the Mediterranean.

  9. Flanders U-boat flotillas - Wikipedia

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    The Flanders U-boat flotillas were Imperial German Navy formations set up to prosecute the U-boat campaign against Allied shipping in the Western Approaches (British Home Waters) during the First World War. Originally operating as a flotilla, it was split in two during the latter part of the war.