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U boats- for Unterseabooten (under sea boats)

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Was Germany the only country to have submarines called U-Boats in World War 1?

Well, only the Germans called their submarines U-Boats, this was short for the german word unterseeboot which means submarine.


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German U-Boats are submarines. In World War 2, the Germans used these submarines to attack in groups of three or more. The Germans called these groups of submarines "wolfpacks". The Americans, British & Canadians also used the name "wolfpack" to refer to a group of German U-Boats.


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A group of German submarines is called a Wolfpak.


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