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One u-boat did show up off Ventry in Dingle Bay in October 1939 and shuttled ashore 30 Greek seamen whom it rescued from a freighter it had torpedoed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Obama Effect” Spurs Record Number of Nobel Peace Prize Nominations 2010
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England was close to a total economic breakdown due to the u-boat campaign, almost everything was rationed and nobody in their rigth mind would think that GB should initiate a landing in France or elsewhere and defeat Germany on her own turf.
Orwell and War Socialism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One u-boat did show up off Ventry in Dingle Bay in October 1939 and shuttled ashore 30 Greek seamen whom it rescued from a freighter it had torpedoed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Obama Effect” Spurs Record Number of Nobel Peace Prize Nominations 2010
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On the few still high and dry streets, you'll be able see over an abandoned SUV like a u-boat captain.
Rectilinear or Obtuse? Cycling in the Media BikeSnobNYC 2009
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On the few still high and dry streets, you'll be able see over an abandoned SUV like a u-boat captain.
Rectilinear or Obtuse? Cycling in the Media BikeSnobNYC 2009
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With regards to the questions regarding the u-boat war...
The Volokh Conspiracy » Are Violations of International Law Ever Justified? 2007
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Namor can play havoc with a u-boat or two but he can't possibly fight for days on land to capture Berlin.
John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Captain America | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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Martin Niemoller was a decorated German u-boat captain in the First World War but subsequently became a minister of religion and a relatively high profile opponent of the Nazis as they increasingly gained firm hold of the reins to power in his native Germany..
Archive 2007-06-01 Peter Troy 2007
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In mid-1944 the allies were deeply concerned about the u-boat war.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Are Violations of International Law Ever Justified? 2007
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While in hindsight, it is obvious that the u-boat threat was diminishing and the “electro boats” were greatly overrated, it is important to remember that allied intelligence greatly exaggerated these threats.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Are Violations of International Law Ever Justified? 2007
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