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Demand for honey and wax peaked again during WWII with a second round of U-boat attacks and strict rationing of paraffin wax.
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Six months later, in February, 1943, most of the men Jack sailed with that summer—including Glory and the pastry chef—were killed when the Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
—Joyce Johnson, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Stalingrad, El Alamein, even the battle that cleared the U-boats from the North Atlantic, none of those were decisive.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
The British lost many hundreds of ships to German U-boat attacks in 1917 alone, and with an average of 13 ships being sunk daily in the spring, the question of how to better protect ships was an important one.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Based on a story by John Steinbeck, this brisk survival drama takes place entirely in a claustrophobic vessel after an American ship and a German U-boat sink each other.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
One of the most disputed moments of North Carolina history centers on whether a Nazi U-boat attacked a chemical plant near Kure Beach during World War II.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Moorhouse follows a similar approach in his enthralling and illuminating history of German U-boats in the battle for the Atlantic.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Against the backdrop of a minimal orchestral ensemble, just strings, brass and percussion, Doldinger used early synthesizers to create a sonic soundscape evoking sonar pulses, engine drones and the metallic ambience inside the World War 2 U-boat.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Six months later, in February, 1943, most of the men Jack sailed with that summer—including Glory and the pastry chef—were killed when the Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
—Joyce Johnson, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Stalingrad, El Alamein, even the battle that cleared the U-boats from the North Atlantic, none of those were decisive.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
The British lost many hundreds of ships to German U-boat attacks in 1917 alone, and with an average of 13 ships being sunk daily in the spring, the question of how to better protect ships was an important one.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Based on a story by John Steinbeck, this brisk survival drama takes place entirely in a claustrophobic vessel after an American ship and a German U-boat sink each other.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
One of the most disputed moments of North Carolina history centers on whether a Nazi U-boat attacked a chemical plant near Kure Beach during World War II.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Moorhouse follows a similar approach in his enthralling and illuminating history of German U-boats in the battle for the Atlantic.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Against the backdrop of a minimal orchestral ensemble, just strings, brass and percussion, Doldinger used early synthesizers to create a sonic soundscape evoking sonar pulses, engine drones and the metallic ambience inside the World War 2 U-boat.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
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“U-boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/U-boat. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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