WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -U-boat, German U-boot, abbreviation of Unterseeboot, (“undersea boat”), a German submarine. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and II.

Detailed explanation-2: -U-boat is an Anglicized form of the German U-Boot, shorthand for Unterseeboot, or “undersea boat.” During both World Wars, U-boats carried torpedoes and fought the armed ships belonging to Allied navies. They were also used to block the shipping routes of Germany’s enemies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] ( listen), a shortening of Unterseeboot (under-sea boat), though the German term refers to any submarine. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also known as U-boats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Germany has commissioned over 1, 500 U-boats (German: Unterseeboot) into its various navies from 1906 to the present day. The submarines have usually been designated with a U followed by a number, although World War I coastal submarines and coastal minelaying submarines used the UB and UC prefixes, respectively.

Detailed explanation-5: -Its 20 combat-ready U-boats were more sophisticated that other countries’ submarines and could travel 5, 000 miles without refueling, allowing them to operate along the entire British coast.