The term "U-boat" comes from the German word "U-Boot," which is short for "Unterseeboot," meaning "undersea boat." This designation was used primarily during World War I and World War II to refer to German submarines. The "U" represents "Unter" (under), while "Boot" means "boat." The U-boats were notable for their role in naval warfare, particularly in the Battle of the Atlantic.
German is. Submarine is not. "A German submarine surfaced in the North Sea."
The name U-boat was applied to German submarines.
German submarine U-A was created in 1939.
A German submarine was called a U-boat which was short for Unterseeboot (undersea boat). The Kriegsmarine did not name the submarines, but simply numbered them (like U-47, for instance). +++ They are still called Unterseeboot, or U-boot.
Lusitania wasn't a German submarine, it was an American merchant ship that was sunk by German submarines.
This policy was called unrestricted submarine warfare
German submarine Deutschland was created on 1917-02-19.
German submarine swere and are known as U-Boote, an abbreviation of Unterwasserboot, which translates literally as underwater boat
It was the German way of saying "submarine" which properly should be called a "submersible." It is a shortening of "unterseeboot" to just uboat.
The German word for a "submarine" is "U-Boot", 'Boot' is pronounced as 'boat'.
Unterseeboot is German for submarine.
German submarine Wilhelm Bauer ended on 1968-08-28.