8th_U-boat_Flotilla

8th U-boat Flotilla

8th U-boat Flotilla

Military unit

The 8th U-boat Flotilla (German 8. Unterseebootsflottille) was formed in June 1941 in Königsberg under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, who also at this time commanded the 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig. It was primarily a training flotilla but in the last months of the war some flotilla boats were in combat against the Soviet Navy in the Baltic Sea. The flotilla was disbanded in January 1945.

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  • "Uboat.net". The Flotillas – 8th Flotilla. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
  • "Uboatnet.de". Die Flottillen – 8. Unterseebootsflottille. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.


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