The U-boat war in Maps

The Black Sea

This was the patrol area of the 30th Flotilla at Constanza from Oct 1942 to Oct 1944. All its 6 U-boats were transported via land to the Black Sea and all of them were lost there. 3 were scuttled by their crews near Eregli, Turkey on 10 Sept, 1944 to escape capture by the Russians.

The eastern front position is drawn as of Aug 29, 1944.



Deutsche U- Boote zum Schwarzen Meer 1942 - 1944
Enders, Gerd


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Auch kleine Igel haben Stacheln. Enders, Gerd, 1984.
Caproni e il mare. Rastelli, Achille, 1999.
Deutsche U- Boote zum Schwarzen Meer 1942 - 1944. Enders, Gerd, 2001.
Fuori uno!. Cepparo, Renato, 1998.
Okrety plyna po ladzie. Piwowoński, Jan, 1959.
Torpedo Run. Reeman, Douglas, 1981.
Znamia ottsov, ocherki. Zhigalov, Ivan Matveevich, 1977.


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