Commander of U-boats

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Kriegsmarine position military office naval command

Commander of U-boats was a senior Kriegsmarine post responsible for directing Germany’s submarine warfare operations during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
BdU (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)	1
U-boat High Command (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kriegsmarine position ⓘ military office ⓘ naval command ⓘ
alternativeName	Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedUnit	Atlantic U-boat forces NERFINISHED ⓘ U-boat flotillas ⓘ
conflict	Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolvedAbolished	1945 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	anti-shipping operations ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ submarine warfare ⓘ
hasDuties	advising German naval leadership on submarine strategy ⓘ allocating U-boats to patrol areas ⓘ coordinating wolfpack tactics ⓘ directing Atlantic U-boat operations ⓘ operational control of German U-boats ⓘ overseeing U-boat training and doctrine ⓘ planning submarine campaigns ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	senior naval command ⓘ
inception	1935 ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiel NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	German submarine fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ U-boat arm ⓘ
notableCommander	Karl Dönitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	directing German submarine campaign against Allied shipping ⓘ implementation of wolfpack tactics in the Atlantic ⓘ
officeHolder	Karl Dönitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderEndTime	1943 ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	1935 ⓘ
partOf	Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldBy	flag officer ⓘ
scope	Atlantic and Arctic theaters ⓘ Mediterranean U-boat operations NERFINISHED ⓘ global U-boat operations ⓘ
shortName	BdU NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine ⓘ Oberkommando der Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	operational command ⓘ
usedBy	Kriegsmarine High Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedCommunicationSystem	Enigma cipher NERFINISHED ⓘ radio communications network ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Paukenschlag → implementedBy → Commander of U-boats ⓘ

this entity surface form: BdU (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)

Hans-Georg → positionHeld → Commander of U-boats ⓘ

subject surface form: Hans-Georg von Friedeburg

4th U-boat Flotilla → subordinateTo → Commander of U-boats ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-boat High Command (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)