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Educational Site Attractions In Kiel

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Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 249,023 . Kiel lies approximately 90 kilometres north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula and the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea, Kiel has become one of the major maritime centres of Germany. For instance, the city is known for a variety of international sailing events, including the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailing event in the world. The Olympic sailing competitions of the 1936 and the 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Bay of Kiel.Kiel has also be...
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  • 1. U-Boot U 995 Kiel
    U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] , a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally undersea boat. While the German term refers to any submarine, the English one refers specifically to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare role and enforcing a naval blockade against enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from Canada and other parts of the British Empire, and the United States to the United Kingdom and to the Soviet Union and the Allied territories in the Mediterranean. Austro-Hungarian navy submarin...
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