German U-boat bases in occupied Norway operated between 1940 and 1945, when the Kriegsmarine, converted several naval bases in Norway into submarine bases. Norwegian coastal cities became available to
German tanks of the Neubaufahrzeug type in Oslo in April 1940
U-255 at Narvik after the attack on the ships of Convoy PQ 17
German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945
Type XXI submarine
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Type XXI submarines is a class of diesel–electric U-boats built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1943 to 1945 during the Second World War. The concept of Type XXI submarines emerged in 1943 when i
German U-boat bases in occupied Norway
…as a U-boat base. From July 1940 to the end of the war in May 1945, 270 U-boat patrols originated in Bergen. Bergen was also the site where the only type XXI submarine left for a patrol in the war; U-2511 left the port on 3 May 1945. Planning for the first U-boat bunker in Bergen began in late 1940 and was undertaken…
The preserved Type XXI Wilhelm Bauer exhibited at the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven.
US Navy diagram of a Type XXI U-boat. Note the teardrop-shaped fairing for the large hydrophone array beneath the bow and the wasp-waist pressure hull.
Two Type XXI bow sections, showing the 'balcony' at the bottom
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