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The "u" stood for "underwater" and the term "u-boats" was and still is used in reference to WWI German submarines.
The U stands for Underwater. The full name in German was Unterwasser-Boot.
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The U stands for untersee (German for undersea, meaning underwater), as it was a submarine.The U-boat was the Unterseeboot (as in "Das Boot"), and in English is used to mean German submarines of World Wars I and II.
No. German U-boats had ordinary, Arabic numerals, such U96 and so.
They were German boats used in WWII.
If you are meaning to U-boats as in World War two? Than U-boats certainly mean "Underwater Boats"
german U-boats were submarines. in German they are called Unterseeboot
German U-boats were used to sink mainly merchant ships, so as to starve Britain of food supplies and ammunition.
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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.
If you are meaning to U-boats as in World War two? Than U-boats certainly mean "Underwater Boats"