2nd U-boat Flotilla

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The 2nd U-boat Flotilla was a German Kriegsmarine submarine unit in World War II that operated U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.

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2. Unterseebootsflottille 1
2nd U-boat Flotilla canonical 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriegsmarine unit
U-boat flotilla
military unit
allegiance Wehrmacht
branch Kriegsmarine
conflict Battle of the Atlantic
World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedInYear 1945
engagedAgainst Allied merchant shipping
Royal Navy
United States Navy
equipment Type IX U-boat
Type VII U-boat
formedInYear 1938
garrisonLocation Lorient
Saint-Nazaire
surface form: St. Nazaire

Wilhelmshaven
hasGermanName 2nd U-boat Flotilla self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2. Unterseebootsflottille
historicalEra 20th century
languageOfName German
militaryBranchRole submarine arm of the German Navy
notableCommander Ernst Kals NERFINISHED
Günther Lütjens
Johann Mohr NERFINISHED
Oskar Kusch NERFINISHED
operatedInTheater Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic

Western Approaches
operationalStatus disbanded
participatedIn Battle of the Atlantic
surface form: German U-boat campaign in the Atlantic
partOf U-boats
surface form: U-boat Arm
role commerce raiding
submarine warfare
subordinateTo Kriegsmarine High Command
surface form: Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote
timePeriod 1938–1945
typeOfOperation wolfpack tactics
usedBase Keroman submarine base
Lorient (encircled and isolated)
surface form: Lorient U-boat pens
usedBaseType U-boat bunker

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U-505 submarine assignedTo 2nd U-boat Flotilla
subject surface form: U-505
2nd U-boat Flotilla hasGermanName 2nd U-boat Flotilla self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 2. Unterseebootsflottille