Title: U-48
Description: Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines.  However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards. After the outset of the Second World War, a fleet of U-boats was created in Germany and U-48 took up its place around England.  By August 1941, U-48, the most successful boat of the Second World war, had sunk 56 merchant ships.
Subjects: Submarine, Naval operations, U 48 (Submarine), World War, 1939-1945, German Naval operations, Submarines (ships), World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, submarine