U-Boote westwärts

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U-Boats Westwards was a 1941 German war film promoting the Kriegsmarine. It concerns a U-boat mission in the Second Battle of the Atlantic.

The film follows the crew of a U-Boat, from their life the day before they ship off - meeting their family and sweethearts, spending a last night at a club, etc. Then they ship, soon boarding a Dutch merchant ship, which they inspect for contraband. The boarding of the ship is shown being done professionally and non-confrontational. When they are boarding the ship, a Royal Navy ship spots them and tries to torpeadoe them, but the U-boat ends up sinking it.