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List of submarines of World War II, an Uncommon card
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 100
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
List of submarines of World War II quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the List of submarines of World War II card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While U-boats destroyed a ______ number of ships, the strategy ultimately failed.
Answer
significant. While U-boats destroyed a significant number of ships, the strategy ultimately failed. From the List of submarines of World War II article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of submarines of World War II. List of submarines of World War II 100 · Joe Cronin 70 · Rashid al-Din Hamadani 66 · Espalier 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic, where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain could replace.
- While U-boats destroyed a significant number of ships, the strategy ultimately failed.
- Although U-boats had been updated in the interwar years, the major innovation was improved communications and encryption, allowing for mass-attack naval tactics.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The List of submarines of World War II article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 100 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get List of submarines of World War II
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The cards just above and just below List of submarines of World War II in the power ranking, all domains together.
- EspalierUncommon · Nature · ATK 61 DEF 69
- Jazan ProvinceUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 61
- Joe CroninUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 60
- Mikkel HansenUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 59
- Vance D. BrandUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 65
- James NealUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 60
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, List of submarines of World War II (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Oulds, D C (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
