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World War II: Last German U-boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
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U-boat
German submarine
U-boats are naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the First and Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized form of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also known as U-boats.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Firth of Forth
Estuary of Scotland's River Forth
The Firth of Forth is a firth in Scotland, an inlet of the North Sea that separates Fife to its north and Lothian to its south. Farther inland, it becomes the estuary of the River Forth and several other rivers.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)