German U-boat attack, World War II. Artwork of German sailors on the conning tower of a U-boat (submarine) that has surfaced after sinking a British c
German U-boat attack, World War II. Artwork of German sailors on the conning tower of a U-boat (submarine) that has surfaced after sinking a British cargo ship during World War II (1939-1945). Survivors are seen in lifeboats. During the Battle of the Atlantic and in the Arctic convoys, U-boats of the German Navy (the Kriegsmarine) attempted to prevent supplies of food and armaments reaching the UK and the Soviet Union. Thousands of merchant ships and some 200 warships were sunk. However, over 800 U-boats were lost and ultimately the blockades failed. This 1941 painting is by German artist Adolf Bock (1890-1968).
Size: 5125px × 3565px
Photo credit: © LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -boat, 1900s, 1940s, 2, 1941, 20th, adolf, adult, art, artwork, atlantic, attacking, battle, blockade, bock, british, cargo, caucasian, century, conning, death, fatal, fire, german, historical, history, human, ii, illustration, killed, kriegsmarine, lifeboat, male, man, marine, maritime, men, merchant, military, monochrome, naval, navy, ocean, people, person, sailor, sailors, sea, ship, shipping, shipwrecked, sinking, smoke, submarine, submariner, submariners, sunk, surface, surfaced, survivor, survivors, technological, technology, torpedoed, tower, war, warfare, white, world, wreck, ww2, wwii
