U-boats
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Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat. Eventually, U-boat attacks on neutral ships drew the United States into the war.
Example Sentences
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If the story of Germany’s U-boats was one mostly of failure, the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
This major attack in the early stages of the war was an early indication of the Royal Navy’s vulnerability to German U-boats, even in the north of Scotland.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
Guy Ritchie’s latest follows a group of British special forces who took on German U-boats during World War II — and helped inspire James Bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
The Allies banned German possession of U-boats in view of their massive submarine campaign in the war, which had sunk not just Allied but neutral shipping.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
I guess I was waiting for the U-boats to send a shell toward Willemstad.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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