Type VIIB U-Boat; Wikimedia Commons
The German U-85 was s...
Type VIIB U-Boat; Wikimedia Commons
The German U-85 was sunk with all hands on 14 April off the United States coast near Cape Hatteras by gunfire from the American destroyer USS Roper.
The U-85 was was the first German U-boat loss of “Operation Drumbeat” (Paukenschlag), off the eastern seaboard of the United States.
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