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''Schlieffen'' was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. ==Service history== ''Schlieffen'' was formed in October 1943 to operate against the North Atlantic convoy routes and comprised 14 boats. It consisted of 6 boats from the disbanded group ''Rossbach'', plus 7 others from bases in France and Germany, while another, , joined from patrol in the Mid Atlantic. Whilst moving into position a number of boats came under attack, principally from aircraft from USS ''Card'', which was operating against their re-fuelling operation. The tanker was attacked on 12 October, but suffered little damage; however , which was also attacked later that day was forced to return to base. On 13 October two more boats ( and ) were attacked, and both were destroyed. Another two boats, and ''U-455'' collided; both were damaged, and ''U-455'' was forced to retire to base for repairs, while ''U-631'', with her torpedo tubes out of action, was put on observation duties. From 15 October ''Schlieffen'' operated against convoys ONS 20 and ON 206, which were travelling together; U-boats from ''Schlieffen'' sank one ship of , but lost six boats (, , , , and ) in one of the most calamitous nights of the campaign for the U-boat arm (''U-Bootwaffe'',UBW) ''Schlieffen'' was disbanded after this attack, with a number of it boats forming the nucleus of a new group, code-named ''Siegfried''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wolfpack Schlieffen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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