Thanks guys, great info! This really cleared up a lot of my questions!
At one time in my life I was a Ranger ... so I understand radios in the field and the limitations of those (and even know a few high speed, low drag, field expedient mods that can be done to increase the capabilities of the radios)
for this time period. However, up until this post I really didn't have much of a clue how it was done then, specifically.
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Originally Posted by timmy41
The Navy itself (except Dönitz) felt that submarine warfare was dishonerable,
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Ah ... the concept of honor ... always puzzled me ... like in this instance pointed out by Timmy41. For example, it was ok to deploy snipers in the woods sure ... but sniping with subs was dishonorable. Or, it was ok and common and accepted tactics to set up ambushes for infantry on the ground ... but ambush a ship on the ocean and you are dishonorable. Bah!
[Which really isn't unlike the american's in the pacific ... prior to Pearl they were looking down their collective noses at the german sub policies. Then we got a proper spanking in Pearl and suddenly its "Sink 'em if you see 'em". What happened to honor sir? ( Oh I get it ... honor is cool right up until a thorough spanking ... then its Anything goes.
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Also, if you are thinking [as I am as well] "But those are civilians in a civilian ship" then the next thought that springs to my mind is ... "Yeah but its ok to strafe a civilian line of convoy trucks or strafe and bomb a train on tracks ... but not ok to sink a ship?" Hmm.
