Happy Time

English

Proper noun

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.