Paukenschlag!
The u-boats totally ruled here. They got held down to logistical limitations that were more a matter of being held to other "distractions?", at that moment in early '42.
They had a very early stranglehold that would have nailed-down the U.S. presence early on, clamp off the U.S. flow of resources to Britain, etc.
Good quote from Snestorm:
Quote:
Large numbers of boats sent to The Med was an idiotic intervention by Hitler.
Large numbers of boats to defend Norway's coast didn't help.
Assigning boats to The Arctic Route was anti-productive as, England was the only nation capable of being "starved into submission" (oil was the weak spot and key).
The South of Afrika, The Indian Ocean, The Pacific, were anti productive.
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Suggested reading: "Torpedo Junction" by H.H. Hickam, Jr.
