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Kriegsmarine
German U-Boats: Scapa Flow Shock
By Jon LatimerWorld War II had been in progress for six weeks when on the evening of October 12, 1939, the German submarine U-47 surfaced off the Orkney Islands at the northern tip of Scotland. Read more