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The What's New Archive
April 2002
2002
30 April
- Added errata for book Neither Sharks nor Wolves.
- Added cover for book Final Dive
- Added user submitted title Maru Killer.
- Added user submitted title Final Dive.
- Added book review for Dönitz and the Wolf Packs
14:27 - Decorations and ranks
I've now completely redesigned these 2 databases, making them a lot more scaleable and useful. This was needed because of the much wider view into them that the Conning Tower now offers for all commanders. However, this change benefits the entire site and will offer many interesting new developments which I am exploring now.
- Added Spanish translation for book German Submarine War 1914-1918, ....
- Added user submitted title Guerra Submarina Alemana 1914-19 ....
18:39 - U-84 fate change
Using information from no other than Dr. Axel Niestlé we've revised the fate of U-84 and also published an article for the Conning Tower about its loss.
01:24 - Added the article Memorials for the Living: 23 Men in a Boat by Ian Campbell. Check it out, it's a very interesting read.
21:30 - Conning Tower - Men
I've further improved the new Men section by making sure that from wolfpacks, patrols, boats, events and ships attacked pages you will always be able to click on the commander in question to see his page.
21:03 - Rewrote the List of all U-boat commanders (open version) completely. Now it's fully automatic (instead of the hybrid code we used to have) making it better and faster.
20:47 - Listing of all Commanders
Well it's finally ready! Huge new section for the Conning Tower covering all 1411 commanders. Each has his own page showing ranks, decorations, commands, patrols, sinkings and more! Already it's fully searchable.
15:46 - Added thumbnails to 65 images in 8 galleries. Now all the galleries have thumbnails of every photo (231 right now). (2 Conning Tower galleries do not have thumbnails yet).
22:22 - I've added photos of 15 U-boat commanders that did not have one before. Now 154 commanders have one or more photos. This is one of my final preparations before opening the new members area Commander pages.- Added user submitted title Warship.
- Added user submitted title Shokaku / Zuikaku.
- Added user submitted title Bismarch.
22:17 - Improved the U-boat commands and U-boat patrols databases a bit. This was mainly to adjust to patrols exceeding May 4, 1945 (surrendered, scuttled or sunk boats).
21:54 - U-boat fates
I've rewritten the U-boats at sea on May 4, 1945 almost completely. Now it uses our latest and best data.
- Added book review for The Merchant U-boat
- Added new movie title Atlantik-Schlacht: Tödliche Falle.
- Added new movie title Hitler's Henchmen - Dönitz: The Successor.
- Added cover for movie Hitlers Helfer - Dönitz: Der Na ...
- Modified movie title Hitlers Helfer - Dönitz: Der Nachfolger.
- Added new movie title Hitlers Helfer - Dönitz: Der Nachfolger.
- Modified movie title U-boats: Terror on Our Shores.
- Added new movie title U-234: Hitler's Last U-Boat - DVD.
- Added new movie title U-234: Hitler's Last U-Boat.
- Added English translation for book Leichten Kreuzer Königsberg, Ka ....
- Added cover for book German Light Cruisers of World W ...
- Added cover for book Waves of Hate
20:53 - Commander pages
Work is now well underway on the new Commander pages within the Conning Tower. They will open in April (initial versions) and will show lots of new data (all commanders' sinkings, men by crew, post-war infomation and so on). Basically every one of the 1411 listed men will have his own page.
- Modified movie title U-Boat Wrecks of Operation Deadlight.
- Modified movie title When Hitler Invaded America.
- Added user submitted title ANZAC Squadron, The.
- Added book review for The Approaching Storm
- Modified movie title Year of Siege.
- Modified movie title When Hitler Invaded America.
- Modified movie title USS L-8: The First US Navy Built Submarine, The.
- Modified movie title U-Boote Westwärts!.
- Modified movie title U-Boot Krieg, Der.
- Modified movie title U-Boot am Feind/Now It Can Be Told.
- Modified movie title U-Boats Vol. III 1943-1945.
- Modified movie title U-Boats Vol. II 1942-1943.
- Modified movie title U-Boats Vol. I 1939-1941.
- Modified movie title U-Boats in the St. Lawrence.
- Modified movie title U-Boats at Sea.
- Modified movie title U-Boat Wrecks of World War Two.
- Modified movie title U-Boat Wrecks of Operation Deadlight.
- Modified movie title U-Boat Prisoner.
- Modified movie title U-Boat 534 - Echoes from the Ocean Floor.
- Modified movie title U-9: Weddigen, ein Heldenschicksal.
- Modified movie title U-67.
- Modified movie title Two-Man Submarine.
- Modified movie title Two Tickets to London.
- Modified movie title Thunder Afloat.
- Modified movie title Through Enemy Eyes... A Newsreel History of the Third Reich at War (Vol. 52).
- Modified movie title Through Enemy Eyes... A Newsreel History of the Third Reich at War (Vol. 46).
- Modified movie title This Man's Navy.
- Modified movie title They Sank the Lusitania.
- Modified movie title They Met in the Dark.
- Modified movie title They Came to Blow up America.
- Modified movie title Tepeyac.
- Modified movie title Tampico.
- Modified movie title Submarine Pirate, A.
- Modified movie title Submarine Patrol.
- Modified movie title Submarine Base.
- Modified movie title Sub-Mersion.
- Modified movie title Struggle for the Seas.
- Modified movie title Sinking of the USS Bass, The.
- Modified movie title Silver Fleet, The.
- Modified movie title Silent Mystery, The.
- Modified movie title Seven Miles from Alcatraz.
- Modified movie title Seas Beneath, The.
- Modified movie title Sealed Cargo.
- Modified movie title Sea Flower, The.
- Modified movie title San Demetrio, London.
- Modified movie title Romance of Elaine, The.
- Modified movie title Q Ships.
- Modified movie title Prelude to Battle.
- Modified movie title Oberwasser - By U-Boat to America.
- Modified movie title Neutral Port.
- Modified movie title Nazi Agent.
- Modified movie title Navy Comes Through, The.
- Modified movie title Mystery Submarine.
- Modified movie title Mystery Sea Raider.
- Modified movie title Mystery of the Missing U-Boat, The.
- Modified movie title Morgenrot.
- Modified movie title Miss V. from Moscow.
- Modified movie title Merseyside at War.
- Modified movie title Meidän Poikamme Merellä.
- Modified movie title Mare Nostrum.
- Modified movie title Man Who Stayed at Home, The.
- Modified movie title Madame Spy.
- Modified movie title Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic, The.
- Modified movie title Lorient-Keroman/Base de sous marins 1939-1945.
- Modified movie title Little American, The.
- Modified movie title Light of Victory.
- Modified movie title Let's Face It.
- Modified movie title Letzte U-Boot, Das.
- Modified movie title Lest We Forget.
- Modified movie title Les Maudits.
- Modified movie title Last Mass Execution.
- Modified movie title Last Battle: The Story of the U-853, The.
- Modified movie title Coverup: The Sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville.
- Modified movie title Laconia Incident, The.
- Modified movie title Kriegsmarine, Die.
- Modified movie title Kaiser, Beast of Berlin.
- Modified movie title Jungle Man.
- Modified movie title Incredible Mr. Limpet, The.
- Modified movie title Hell in 30 Fathoms: The Story of the S-5.
- Modified movie title Hell and High Water.
- Modified movie title Haie und Kleine Fische.
- Modified movie title Gift Horse, The.
- Modified movie title Geheimakte WB1: Das Leben und Schicksal des Artillerie-Unteroffiziers Wilhelm Bauer aus München.
- Modified movie title Fräulein Doktor.
- Modified movie title Freedom of the Seas.
- Modified movie title Forty-Ninth Parallel.
- Modified movie title Forgotten Heroes.
- Modified movie title Food - Weapon of Conquest.
- Modified movie title First Blood: The Sinking of the U-85.
- Modified movie title False Faces.
- Modified movie title Every Mother's Son.
- Modified movie title Escape to Glory.
- Modified movie title Escape from Arizona.
- Modified movie title Enigma Secret, The.
- Modified movie title Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen.
- Modified movie title Ebbtide.
- Modified movie title Diesel.
- Modified movie title Deutsche Wochenschau, #1, Die.
- Modified movie title Deadly Waves/Still Secret, The.
- Modified movie title Day Will Dawn, The.
- Modified movie title Daring Young Man, The.
- Modified movie title Cracking the Enigma Codes.
- Modified movie title Corvette Port Arthur.
- Modified movie title Corvette K-225.
- Modified movie title Convoy.
- Modified movie title Cinderella on the Left.
- Added cover for book Atlantic Turkey Shoot, The
- Modified movie title Captain C. Patrick Nixon.
- Modified movie title Black Pit, The.
- Modified movie title Battle, The.
- Modified movie title Battle of the Atlantic, The.
- Modified movie title Atlantic Patrol.
- Modified movie title Airpower and Navies: 1939-1945.
- Modified movie title 1944.
- Modified movie title Restricted US and British Training Films, WWII.
- Modified movie title Log of the U-35, The.
- Added cover for book UC- Boote der Kaiserlichen Marin ...
- Added cover for book UB-Boote der kaiserlichen Marine ...
18:17 - Articles database
Well, I finally opened the new articles database. It's meant to be a one-stop place when looking for articles and such about our topic. It's not yet with all the articles and related pieces found on uboat.net but we'll get there (some older and more technical articles are heavily database oriented and I am not sure it's feasible to link them to this new system).
- Added user submitted title Secret War, The.
- Added user submitted title Maritime Is Number Ten - The Sun ....
23:26 - Added the very interesting article Who Were Better? American or U-Boat Aces? by Mike Croteau to the Conning Tower (our members area).- Modified movie title Hazards of Russian Convoys, The.
- Modified movie title U-Boat War - DVD.
In addition to the items shown here above we made some 398 additions or changes in our databases during April 2002.