Wolf pack Eisbär

Eisbär (english: Polar Bear) was a wolf pack of German U-boats that operated from August 23 to August 29, 1942 in World War II. This pack was assembled to operate in the South Atlantic off Cape Town which was considered to be virgin waters. Some of the most experienced U-boat commanders available such as Harald Gelhaus, Werner Hartenstein and Carl Emmermann were included.

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Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918) · Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) · Operation Regenbogen · Operation Deadlight

U-boat lists	Types · All · Successful · Never deployed · Austrian · Foreign captured · Uncompleted projects

Flotillas (Unterseebootsflottillen)	List · 1. · 2. · 3. · 4. · 5. · 6. · 7. · 8. · 9. · 10. · 11. · 12. · 13. · 14. · 18. · 19. · 20. · 21. · 22. · 23. · 24. · 25. · 26. · 27. · 29. · 30. · 31. · 32. · 33.

Commanders	Successful · U-boat Aces · Erich Raeder · Karl Dönitz

Wolf packs	Blücher · Eisbär* · Endrass · Hai · Hecht · Lachs · Pfadfinder · Steinbrock · Tümmler · Vorwärts · Wolf*

Major engagements	Convoy SC-7 · Convoy PQ-17 · Mediterranean · Battle of the St. Lawrence · Black May · Bismarck chase

Capital ships sunk	HMS Royal Oak · HMS Barham · HMS Courageous · HMS Ark Royal · HMS Eagle

Technology	Asdic · Leigh Light · Q-ship · Schnorkel · Elektroboot