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rest of Feb in U-boat history...
Posted by: Craig McLean ()
Date: February 18, 2001 02:32PM

<HTML>19th February 1943: A two-day U-boat attack on Convoy ONl16 in the North Atlantic ends with 15 allied ships sunk.

20th February 1944: The Admiralty announces an 11-day battle with U-boats in Straits of Gibraltar, during which three ships are sunk and several damaged.

24th February 1945: German U-boats sink 8 ships and 2 destroyers from a convoy bound for the Russian port of Murmansk.

25th February 1944: The Destroyer Mahratta is sunk by U-956. This is the only loss in the 43 ship and 19 escort Arctic convoy, JW57.

(source: WW2 Timeline)
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rest of Feb in U-boat history... Craig McLean 02/18/2001 02:32PM
RE: rest of Feb in U-boat history... Anders Wingren 02/18/2001 07:38PM
RE: rest of Feb in U-boat history... Craig McLean 02/19/2001 01:19AM


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