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While the Germans most famously used the submarine schnorkel during World War II, it was actually the Dutch who developed a successful schnorkel. The Germans discovered the Dutch schnorkel upon their capture of the Netherlands in May 1940, and the German schnorkel was a refinement of the Dutch system.
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The article clarifies the origin of an effective submarine schnorkel, and gives credit to the Royal Netherlands Navy for developing a vital naval engineering system.
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This page is a summary of: Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: The Dutch Role in the Development and Deployment of the Submarine Schnorkel, The Journal of Military History, January 2005, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/jmh.2005.0235.
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