U-boat attack

Undersea military strike

A U-boat attack is an assault by a German submarine, particularly during the World Wars when U-boats targeted Allied shipping.

The term evokes images of torpedo strikes on convoys crossing the Atlantic: The convoy lost three ships in a U-boat attack.

U-boat attacks shaped naval warfare and led to developments like sonar and depth charges.

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wolfpack · Atlantic · Battle of the Atlantic · destroyer · merchant ship · merchant marine · sinking · dead in the water · hull · sonar · dive · surface · patrol · hunt · escort · explosion · wreckage · oil slick

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naval combat method

U-boat attacknaval gunfire

Artillery from warships

aerial attack · air raid · amphibious assault

wartime naval posture

U-boat attackescort duty

Protective accompaniment assignment

air patrol · sonar detection

belligerent perspective

U-boat attackAtlantic crossing

Sea voyage between continents

Family

U-boat, attack, boat, boats, boating, boater, attacks, attacked, attacking

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG