German Submarine

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
GS
Pronunciation
/ˈʤərmən ˌsəbmərˈin/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military

Examples in Context

  1. Allied transports suffered greatly from German submarine attacks.
  2. No German submarine in that war ever overcame the terrors of the passage.
  3. When they didn't agree, the Granados set sail to Spain via England, but a German submarine torpedoed their boat in the English Channel.
  4. The Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine during the First World War.
  5. It was a German submarine base during World War I and was severely damaged by Allied bombing during World War II. Population, 69,129.

Other meanings of GS