The essay examines the factors that led the Nazi German U-boats to their ultimate failure of changing the war progress in World War Two with the application of primary and secondary sources, in addition to the opinions of other historians.

German submarine U-400 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 18 November 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard in Kiel as yard number 32, launched on 8 January 1944 and commissioned on 18 March under the command of Kapitänleutnant Horst Creutz.

U Boats in the Bristol Channel 1939-45. U Boats in the Bristol Channel 1939-45. Nigel Robins. 1999, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) See Full PDF Download PDF. See Full PDF Download PDF. Related Papers. U Boats in the Bristol Channel; The Inshore Campaigns 1939-45 ...

1st - On passage into the Bristol Channel as part of the U-boat Inshore Campaign, "U-247" was sunk close to Lands End by patrolling Canadian frigates "St John" and "Swansea" of the 9th EG.

1999年8月10日 · A complete listing of all U boats that operated in the Bristol Channel with detailed notes of all the operations. This initially began as a collection of research notes and guides whilst researching German Navy activities and incidents of magnetic mines in the Bristol Channel in 1939 and 1940.

2006年12月22日 · Admiralty records show two of the three U-boats in question were thought to have been sunk by depth charge in the Bristol Channel. This new research shows that was wrong and they actually struck mines off Cornwall."

1st - On passage into the Bristol Channel as part of the U-boat Inshore Campaign, "U-247" was sunk close to Lands End by patrolling Canadian frigates "St John" and "Swansea" of the 9th EG.

2004年2月14日 · At the end of October 1944 intercepted Ultra intelligence revealed the German intention for a probable renewal of U-Boat operations between Lands End and the Bristol Channel from Norwegian bases. On 29 October 1944 U-boat Command radioed a situation report for the Bristol Channel area to all boats at sea, which was to be kept permanently by the ...

2024年4月15日 · I eventually expanded the work to include the 1944-45 inshore campaign when U-boats returned to the Channel. Swansea and Cardiff were easy places to drop mines by U-boat and several famous U-boats visited the shipping lanes off Mumbles Head and the Scarweather Sands in October and December 1939.

The mine war in the Bristol Channel gives a technical insight into the minelaying strategy of the German U-boat command. Information about the types of U-boat that came into the Bristol Channel. Individual histories of the U-boats that sailed the Bristol Channel