SUBMARINES ACTIVE
NORWEGIAN WATERS GERMAN SHIPPING HARASSED LONDON, May 19 Since the collapse of Italy British submarines from the Mediterranean had been concentrated in Norwegian waters, Admiral Barry announced today. They had operated very successfully and a “very great deal” of valable German shipping had been destroyed. The operations began with the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz, and since, then larger submarines had been active in the fiords and on the shipping lanes. The Germans were compelled to strengthen the escorts of all convoys.
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Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22353, 20 May 1944, Page 5
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