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Operation Deadlight

Operation Deadlight

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General World History

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ISBN10: 6135328840
ISBN13: 9786135328844
Publisher: Betascript Pub
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Operation Deadlight was the code name for the scuttling of U-boats surrendered to the Allies after the defeat of Germany near the end of World War II. Of the 154 U-boats surrendered, 121 were scuttled in deep water off Lisahally, Northern Ireland or Loch Ryan, Scotland, in late 1945 and early 1946. On 12 February 1946 at 10:04 a.m., U 3514 was the last U-boat sunk by Operation Deadlight. The other 33 were used for various tasks and then sunk. An example is U 1105, which sank on explosives trial in the Potomac in 1948. Four were in the far east when Germany surrendered and were commandeered by Japan (U-181 was rechristened I-501, U-195 - I-506, U-219 - I-505, U-862 - I-502, and a fifth boat, U-511 had been sold to Japan in 1943 and renamed RO-500). Several U-boats escaped Operation Deadlight. Some were claimed as prizes by Britain, France, Norway and the Soviet Union.

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