U-Boats (World War II)

⚓Join us in World of Warships🌊 now for free here: https://wo.ws/31lc1Wn and use the code ‘BOOM’ to get 2 ships: the St. Louis and the Premium ship Emden The Type seven and Type nine were the striking force of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic - a German attempt to cut off the British Isles and force the Allies to surrender. In the first years of war, the Germans used them to cut off supply lines that were bringing weapons and equipment from the United States to United Kingdom. When attacking, German U-boats were using so called “Wolfpack” tactic. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Script: Dejan Milivojevic Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Music Credit: Dance of the U-boat by Aakash Gandhi Sources: David and Hugh Lyon, World War II Warships, 1976 Eberhard Moeler, Werner Brack, The Encyclopedia of U-Boats from 1904 to the Present, 2004 Chris Bishop, The Encyclopedia Weapons of World War II, 1998 Gordon Williamson, Kriegsmarine U-boats, 2002