The region was headquartered in Penang and was under the command of Fregattenkapitän Wilhelm Dommes. This was a special U-boat region established in December 1944 was an operational command authority for the Monsun Gruppe. U-boat Area Southeast Asia - Chef im Südraum Shared exactly the same operational area with U-boat Region Norway and technically had command over the same flotillas. Made up of retreating U-boat flotillas during the German withdrawal from Occupied France. U-boat Region North Sea - Führer der Unterseeboote Nordmeer (F.d.U.Nordmeer) The last U-boat region to be in operation as of May 1945 when Germany surrendered. U-boat Region Norway - Führer der Unterseeboote Norwegen (F.d.U.Norwegen) U-boat Region East - Führer der Unterseeboote Ost (B.d.U.Ost) By the end of the war, the region was a paper command placed under the authority of the "Admiral Ägäis Division", part of Marinegruppenkommando Süd. Eventually dwindled to only three U-boats assigned to the entire region.
Received the 23rd and 29th flotillas from the Italian region due to restructuring in 1943. U-boat Region Mediterranean - Führer der Unterseeboote Mittelmeer (F.d.U.Mittelmeer) U-boat Region Italy - Führer der Unterseeboote Italien (F.d.U.Italien)Įxisted from 1941 to 1943 before being renamed as the U-boat Region Mediterranean. No flotillas were ever assigned and the region disbanded after the Invasion of Normandy. This U-boat region was formed in May 1944 solely for combating the anticipated Allied invasion of France. U-boat Region Central - Führer der Unterseeboote Mitte (F.d.U.Mitte) The command technically existed until the end of the war, although its authority now overlapped with the North Sea U-boat regions. In August 1944, as the Germans withdrew from France, the staff of region west evacuated to Norway. The command also maintained an engineering office, administrative office, medical department, as well as the original legal office. Day-to-day operations were overseen by two staff offices ( 1. In 1943, the U-boat region was expanded under the command of Kapitän zur See Hans-Rudolf Rösing and moved its command to Angers.Īt its height, the U-boat Region West held authority over ten U-boat flotilla. The region began in July 1942 as a legal affairs office known as the Gericht des Führer der Unterseeboote West. West region was the largest U-boat command established during the Second World War. U-boat Region West - Führer der Unterseeboote West (F.d.U.West) Some flotillas overlapped between regions due to shifting base assignments and operational tasking.
In the last weeks of the war, when U-boat operations were mostly restricted to the North Sea around Norway, the Oberkommando der Marine (OKM) became the direct commander for the U-boat regions. An office known as the Operationsabteilung (b.d.U.op) coordinated specific U-boat tactics. Towards the end of the war, a new office known as Kommandierender Admiral der Unterseeboote, was established by the Kriegsmarine to direct overall submarine operations. The standard rank for a U-boat region commander was either Fregattenkapitän or Kapitän zur See. Later war U-boat regions were created between 19 due to the various operational needs of the U-boat flotillas. The largest region, "Region West" headquartered in Paris, was established in 1942 to oversee U-boat activity during the Battle of the Atlantic. The first U-boat region was created in Italy in November 1941 to provide local command authority for the U-boat flotillas operating in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1939, Dönitz's title was renamed as the Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote (B.d.U.) to which all the flotillas directly reported. who had also acted as commander of the 1st U-boat Flotilla. Regions could contain as few as two flotillas with as many as ten.īefore the outbreak of World War II, individual U-boat flotillas were under the direct command of a single Führer der Unterseeboote (F.d.U.) in the person of Karl Dönitz. The regions were organized between 19 and were commanded by an officer known as the Führer der Unterseeboote for his particular region. The following list of U-boat regions pertains to the higher echelon commands for the U-boat flotillas during World War II.
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