Sobering

[Bubblehead1980]

While on patrol in North Atlantic in Feb 1942, searching for convoys, decided to pull up losses for 1942. While I was aware of heavy overall losses for the war, seeing it broken down by year, especially seeing how losses were relatively low until 1943, when the numbers grew staggering. Quite sobering.


1939- 9 U Boats lost.

1940- 24 U Boats lost


1941-35 U boats lost


1942- 87 U Boats lost


1943- 244 U Boats lost


1944-249 U Boats lost.


1945- 120 U Boats lost.


https://uboat.net/fates/losses/

[FUBAR295]

Not a very good time to be a Uboat captain or crew man. :dead:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Above us hell :dead::dead:

[John Pancoast]

Part of the reason for the large losses was the ridiculous idea of "Yes, you have no chance but you're still tying up resources that could be used elsewhere" mentality of Doenitz and the German command.
Add in Doenitz's desire to kiss Hitler's butt at the cost of u-boat crews and you have casualty numbers higher than they needed to be/should have been.