Zieten was the name given to two wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 during the Second World War, the first, larger and more successful was from 6 to 22 January 1942, the second, smaller from 23 to 29 March 1942.
It was named after Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699âÂÂ1786), a German cavalry officer at the time of Frederick the Great.
The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships and damaging a further three merchant ships .
The group had no success and lost one U-boat.