German submarine U-99 (1940)
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German submarine U-99 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 31 March 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 593. She
U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat
Painting of Merisaar's lifeboat approaching U-99 on 12 July 1940
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Operation Kiebitz
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Operation Kiebitz was a failed German operation during World War II to organize the escape of four skilled U-boat commanders from a Canadian prisoner of war camp in Bowmanville, Ontario. The subsequen
HMCS Rimouski, seen here between 1944 and 1945, was the flagship in the operation that foiled the German escape attempt.