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