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U-48: The Most Successful U-Boat of the Second World War

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U-48’s remarkable wartime record reshaped submarine warfare and highlighted humanitarian decisions at sea.

Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines. However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards.

At the outset of the Second World War, Admiral Karl Dönitz argued for a 300-strong U-boat fleet, since his force of fifty-seven assorte...