Happy Time

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Proper noun[edit]

the Happy Time

  1. Synonym of First Happy Time
    • 1994, United States, Department of Defense, World War II Informational Fact Sheets, page ?:
      U-boat commanders called early 1942 the "Happy Time".
    • 2021, Darrell Hillier, North Atlantic Crossroads, The Royal Air Force Ferry Command Gander (Newfoundland) Unit, 1940-1946, page ?:
      German submariners called it the happy time, while German submarine commanders referred to it as "American shooting season."
    • 2022, Jan Slimming, The Secret Life of an American Codebreaker, page ?:
      U-boat crews referred to Die Glückliche Zeit (Happy Time) when German submarines successfully attacked British shipping in the Atlantic.