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L'U-203


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Après avoir obtenu des succès réguliers face aux convois dans l'Atlantique Nord durant ses quatre premières missions, l'U-203 de Rolf Mützelburg réussit plusieurs torpillages directement sur les côtes du Canada à la fin de l'année 1941. Son commandant gagne la croix de chevalier. Pour agir durablement sur les côtes des États-Unis durant sa sixième patrouille, le 24 mars 1942, l'U-203 est le premier U-Boot à être ravitaillé en mer par un autre sous-marin. En juillet 1942, c'est dans les Caraïbes, lors de sa septième mission de combat, que Mützelburg obtient ses plus grands résultats. Il ajoute les feuilles de chêne à sa décoration, mais refuse obstinément de débarquer comme l'Admiral Dönitz le lui demande. Il est alors le plus décoré de l'arme sous-marine allemande à repartir au combat. Sa volonté de rester auprès de ses hommes lui coûte la vie lors d'un accident en mer resté unique dans l'histoire de l'arme sous-marine: à cause du roulis, il se tue accidentellement après avoir percuté un ballast de la tête en plongeant du kiosque. Pour les missions suivantes, il est remplacé par son ancien officier en second, Hermann Kottmann. Malgré les progrès réalisés par les Alliés en matière d'armement et de détection au moment où il part au combat fin 1942, l'U-203 réussira à faire encore deux patrouilles de combat supplémentaires.

Cet U-Boot sera coulé pendant la onzième et dernière, par l'action conjointe d'un avion et d'un bâtiment de surface alliés. Suivez l'U-203 durant ses onze missions de combat illustrées par plus de 320 photos et documents
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After achieving regular successes against convoys in the North Atlantic during its first four missions, Rolf Mützelburg's U-203 succeeded in several torpedoing attacks directly on the coast of Canada at the end of 1941. Its commander won the knight's cross. To act durably on the coasts of the United States during its sixth patrol, on March 24, 1942, the U-203 is the first U-Boot to be refueled at sea by another submarine. In July 1942, it was in the Caribbean, during his seventh combat mission, that Mützelburg obtained his greatest results. He adds the oak leaves to his decoration, but stubbornly refuses to disembark as Admiral Dönitz asks him to. He is then the most decorated of the German submarine weapon to return to combat. His desire to stay with his men cost him his life during an accident at sea that remained unique in the history of underwater weapons: because of the roll, he accidentally killed himself after hitting a ballast with his head while diving from the kiosk. For the following missions, he was replaced by his former second in command, Hermann Kottmann. Despite advances made by the Allies in armament and detection by the time it went into combat in late 1942, U-203 would manage to make two more combat patrols.

This U-Boot will be sunk during the eleventh and last, by the joint action of an aircraft and an allied surface building. Follow the U-203 during its eleven combat missions illustrated by more than 320 photos and documents
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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9782840485926
  • Publisher: Editions Heimdal
  • Publisher Imprint: Editions Heimdal
  • Height: 297 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Sub Title: de Rolf Mützelburg, de l'Atlantique Aux Caraïbes
  • ISBN-10: 2840485923
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jun 2023
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 210 mm


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