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  • Secondly, Rice is wrong; the United States and her ships were attacked on numerous occasions by Nazi u-boats prior to the U.S. formally entering the war.

    Wonk Room » Rice: Al Qaeda A Greater Threat Than Nazi Germany 2009

  • My grandad served in the Navy and survived torpedo-ing twice and the horrors of days in the sea waiting to be rescued whilst watching friends being machined gunned by u-boats.

    Sunday Post, Ruralshire, England. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Many of those long passages related to both u-boats and to SIGINT, arewrong.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Information Superhighway Metaphor: 2009

  • Imagine for example, the Second Battle for the Atlantic 1939 - 1943 if the Germans could have provided even air equality, like alone superiority, over the Atlantic in support of her u-boats, as the US can and would in a future conflict for her submarine fleet.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » To do today. 2009

  • Many of those long passages related to both u-boats and to SIGINT, are wrong.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Information Superhighway Metaphor: 2009

  • To even that score, they sank 50 German u-boats, alone or in consort with other ships and aircraft.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • Plan six from out-of-your-fucking-mind included the Japanese fleet traveling all through the Mediterranean to the Northern Sea, joining the Kriegsmarine there and sailing for an Iceland invasion while the Royal Navy was being kept busy by Nazi u-boats.

    Gizmodo Jesus Diaz 2011

  • German u-boats were given cover in Swedish ports, and the Swedish king regularly dined with visiting Reichskomm Mitzy: Although the "official" Swedish stance in WW II was one VickySinclair 11 minutes ago 7:32 PM I did not know that.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Winston Churchill, despite Canada's major role in supplying food, raw materials, munitions and money to the hard-pressed British economy, training airmen for the Commonwealth, guarding the western half of the North Atlantic against German u-boats, and providing combat troops for the invasions of Italy,

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] QK 2010

  • Although focused on life and service in the amazingly primitive u-boats of the age, the book puts this within the framework of the overall naval war between Austria-Hungary, with slight aid from Germany, and the combined resources of Italy, France, and Britain.

    StrategyPage.com 2010

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