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U-BOOT [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Historical Names
OBS

The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which saw German U-boats penetrate the Cabot Strait and the Strait of Belle Isle to sink 23 ships between 1942 and 1944, marked the only time since the War of 1812 that enemy warships inflicted death within Canada's inland waters. ...The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence was part of a larger conflict called The Battle of the Atlantic which included all of the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe, and was fought between 1939 and 1945.

Key term(s)
  • Battle of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations historiques
OBS

C'est pendant la bataille du golfe du Saint-Laurent, qui s’est déroulée de 1942 à 1944, que des U-boot(sous-marins allemands) sont entrés dans le détroit de Cabot et le détroit de Belle Isle pour couler 23 navires. [...] La bataille du golfe du Saint-Laurent faisait partie en fait, d’un plus grand conflit qui s’est déroulé entre 1939 et 1945, soit la bataille de l'Atlantique.

Key term(s)
  • bataille du golfe du St-Laurent

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
DEF

In World War 2, general name for enemy submarine, irrespective of nationality.

DEF

a German or an Austrian submarine.

OBS

trans. of G u-boat, short for unterseeboot, lit., undersea boat (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
OBS

«U-boot» est un terme allemand que l'on ne peut mettre au pluriel en français à moins de rendre cette notion par le terme «sous-marins allemands».

Key term(s)
  • sous-marin allemand
  • sous-marins allemands
  • unterseeboot

Spanish

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