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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
At some point in late March or early April, IIRC, there's radio message about British task forces leaving Britain and believed to be heading east to prepare for invasion/defense of Norway. That's the first indication I remember that things up there are about to get interesting.
Once German operations in Norway are underway (or close to it), you start getting messages about proceeding to defend Narvik or Trondheim or whatever. You can consider them merely "immersive" or obey the "orders" and put yourself into the middle of things.
I think at some point there's another message that releases u-boats back to their previously assigned patrols.
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That is exactly what happened to me on my last patrol. I was outbound from Wilhelmshaven in my VIIB to my Atlantic patrol area when I got a message to sail north to protect Narvik. A British task force passed somewhat near to the north of me, but just a bit too far to intercept. I tried anyway and all I got for it was the consumption of precious fuel. I made it to the Narvik area, saw a few German warships but no enemy. I then received the message to return to my patrol, which I did and was rewarded with a convoy battle.