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Operation Regenbogen (German: Regenbogen-Befehl, "Rainbow Order") was the code name for the planned mass scuttling of the German U-boat fleet, to avoid surrender, at the end of World War II. Background
Convoy JW 51B was opposed by four U-boats in a patrol line in the Norwegian Sea and the aircraft of Luftflotte 5 based in Norway. A surface force comprising the heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper , Lützow and the destroyers Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt , Z4 Richard Beitzen , Z6 Theodor Riedel , Z29 , Z30 , Z31 was stationed at Altenfjord .
This category is for U-boats scuttled during Operation Regenbogen in early May 1945. Pages in category "Operation Regenbogen (U-boat)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 219 total.
For the first time ever, scientists are getting a crystal-clear look at a fascinating, and haunting, piece of WWII history -- the only submarine the Nazis lost in the Gulf of Mexico. Media outlets ...
U-2505 was scuttled on 3 May 1945, in the Elbe II U-boat pen in Hamburg as part of Operation Regenbogen. [ 2 ] The wreck is located at 53°31′43″N 09°57′08″E / 53.52861°N 9.95222°E / 53.52861; 9.95222
During the night of 4/5 May 1945, 47 U-boats of the Kriegsmarine were scuttled in Gelting Bay by their crews in accordance with long-standing orders, known as Operation Regenbogen, in order to prevent them falling into the hands of their enemies, the Allies.
Regenbogen was based on a plan to intercept the next Allied convoy to Murmansk. A patrol line of four U-boats was established off Bear Island and a surface force consisting of the cruisers Admiral Hipper and Lützow with six destroyers was assembled at Altafjord. When a convoy was spotted, the fleet would sail as two battle groups; one to ...
This failure nearly made Hitler enforce a decision to scrap the surface fleet and order the German Navy to concentrate on U-boat warfare. Admiral Erich Raeder, commander in chief of the Kriegsmarine, offered his resignation, which Hitler accepted. Raeder was replaced by Admiral Karl Dönitz, the commander of the U-boat fleet. [14]