History of War

ORIGINS OF THE RUDELTAKTIK

Source:   U-52, a Type VII-B submarine of the Kriegsmarine launched in late 1938, was scuttled at Danzig on 3 May 1945  

Vice Admiral Heino von Heimburg, a successful World War I U-boat captain, argued for a commitment to technology in future submarine design

The introduction of the

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