Title: German U-boat at St. Nazaire Description: German U-boat at St. Nazaire, France in 1942; U-boat is English for the German word U-Boot, meaning German military submarines used in World War I and World War II; they were used mainly against Allied shipping, especially merchant convoys bringing supplies from the British Empire and the United States to the islands of Great Britain during World War II; the story of U-boats in WWII was dramatized in many films, including the 1943 film Action in the North Atlantic; the 1943 film Corvette K-225; the 1953 film The Cruel Sea; the 1957 film The Enemy Below; the 1981 film Das Boot (The Boat); the 2000 film U-571; and the 2004 film In Enemy Hands; Category: World War II Topic: Germany Keywords: attacks, fascism, fascists, films, First World War, German Navy, German submarines, The Great War, military offenses, motion pictures, movies, National Socialism, Nazi German Navy, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Nazism, Navy, Second World War, St. Nazaire, France, submarines, Third Reich, U-boat, U-Boot, wars of aggression, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII, 1940S. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1350 x 887 (1.20 MPixels) (1.52) Print Size: 11.4 x 7.5 cm; 4.5 x 3.0 inches File Size: 3.46 MB (3,628,580 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000011323 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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