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Data: MAVEN
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U-boats
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (8)
Negative Trigger
The
U-boat
Campaign
Military_operation
from
1915
to
1918
was
the
World
War
I
naval
campaign
fought
Hostile_encounter
by
German
U-boats
against
the
trade
routes
of
the
Allies
.
In
the
course
of
events
in
the
Atlantic
alone
,
German
U-boats
sank
Attack
almost
5,000
ships
with
nearly
13
million
gross
register
tonnage
,
losing
Earnings_and_losses
178
boats
and
about
5,000
men
in
combat
.
Other
naval
theatres
saw
U-boats
operating
in
both
the
Far
East
and
South
East
Asia
,
the
Indian
Ocean
and
the
Mediterranean
and
North
Seas
.
Two
U-boats
were
sunk
near
the
carriers
by
British
patrol
aircraft
and
several
others
were
damaged
Damaging
.
The
outcome
of
the
battle
Hostile_encounter
was
a
strategic
victory
Earnings_and_losses
for
the
Allies—the
German
blockade
failed—but
at
great
cost
Cost
:
3,500
merchant
ships
and
175
warships
were
sunk
Earnings_and_losses
in
the
Atlantic
for
the
loss
Earnings_and_losses
of
783
U-boats
(
the
majority
being
Type
VII
submarines
)
and
47
German
surface
warships
,
including
4
battleships
(
``
Scharnhorst
''
,
``
Bismarck
''
,
``
Gneisenau
''
,
and
``
Tirpitz
''
)
,
9
cruisers
,
7
raiders
,
and
27
destroyers
.
Of
the
U-boats
,
519
were
sunk
Motion
by
British
,
Canadian
,
or
other
allied
forces
Causation
,
while
175
were
destroyed
Destroying
by
American
forces
Causation
;
15
were
destroyed
Destroying
by
Soviets
and
73
were
scuttled
Destroying
by
their
crews
before
the
end
Process_end
of
the
war
Hostile_encounter
for
various
causes
.
The
Allies
gradually
gained
Getting
the
upper
hand
,
overcoming
Conquering
German
surface
raiders
by
the
end
Process_end
of
1942
and
defeating
Conquering
the
U-boats
by
mid-1943
,
though
losses
Earnings_and_losses
due
to
U-boats
continued
until
the
war
Hostile_encounter
's
end
Process_end
.
The
Allies
gradually
gained
Getting
the
upper
hand
,
overcoming
Conquering
German
surface
raiders
by
the
end
Process_end
of
1942
and
defeating
Conquering
the
U-boats
by
mid-1943
,
though
losses
Earnings_and_losses
due
to
U-boats
continued
until
the
war
Hostile_encounter
's
end
Process_end
.
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