World War II
At the end of World War II after the Allied victory, the remainder of the German atlantic fleet of U-boats used to attack supply lines from America to Britain during the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) were assembled in Lough Foyle and scuttled, as part of Operation Deadlight.
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