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Re: "Wintergarten" definition
Posted by: Rainer ()
Date: April 29, 2007 08:53AM

Well, in German a Wintergarten describes a small conservatory that is fitted to a house as extension into the garden. The AA platform Wintergarten was an extension of the conning tower into the after deck of the U-boat. The similarities mentioned by PatW are correct too.

Best regards
Rainer

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"Wintergarten" definition Joe Passaseo 04/27/2007 10:09PM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition Jean-Noël Muller 04/28/2007 06:58AM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition paul tjader 04/28/2007 09:47AM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition VidarT 04/28/2007 11:44AM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition PatW 04/28/2007 04:56PM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition Jean-Noël Muller 04/28/2007 06:32PM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition HUD 04/29/2007 08:07AM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition Rainer 04/29/2007 08:53AM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition Joe Passaseo 05/01/2007 01:04AM
Re: "Wintergarten" definition G. Hess 05/01/2007 03:49PM


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