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This website presents documents and photographs from the battle between Germany's U-boats and Allied       anti-submarine forces during World War II.
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1 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-43's 6th, and 7th patrols to the KTB page. These were commanded by Wolfgang Lüth.

2 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-552's 3rd, 4th and 5th patrols to the KTB page. These were commanded by Erich Topp.

3 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-46's 5th through 12th patrols to the KTB page. These were commanded by Erich Topp's closest friend, Engelbert Endrass.

8 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-96's 1st, and 5th patrols to the KTB page. These were commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock.

9 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-26's 1st patrol to the KTB page. First wave in the Atlantic - mining Portland

11 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-25's 1st, 3rd and 4th patrols to the KTB page.

13 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-103's 2nd through 5th patrols to the KTB page. These complete the KTBs for Viktor Schütze.

15 April 2026

Added the KTBs for U-48's 10th through 12th patrols to the KTB page. These complete the KTBs for U-48, the highest scoring U-boat of WWII.

1 May 2026

Added the KTBs for U-38's 2nd and 5th through 9th patrols to the KTB page. These complete the KTBs for Heinrich Liebe

8 May 2026

Added the KTBs for U-3's 1st through 3rd patrols to the KTB page.

12 May 2026

Added the KTB for U-19's 9th patrol to the KTB page. This completes the KTBs for Joachim Schepke.

29 May 2026

Added the KTB for U-629's 4th patrol to the KTB page. The boat deployed an automatic land weather station.

2 June 2026

Added the KTB for U-435's 4th patrol to the KTB page. The boat recovered manned weather station"Knospe" from Spitzbergen

12 June 2026

Added the KTBs for U-27 (a reconstruction) and 28's first patrols. The boats were part of the first wave in the Atlantic.

12 June 2026

Added the KTB for U-354's 10th patrol to the KTB page. The boat picked up the weather troop of the Svartisen station from Hopen Island.