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3 unusual facts about Wolf pack Leuthen


Convoys ONS 18/ON 202

a patrol group of 21 boats, code-named Leuthen, to renew the attack on the North Atlantic route.

In September 1943 BdU had established the patrol line Leuthen of 21 U-boats south of Greenland; these were to intercept west-bound convoys as they were about to enter the Greenland Air Gap, where Allied aircraft were reckoned to be unable to operate due to the extreme range.

Leuthen

Wolf pack Leuthen, a group of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II



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