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andqui · 08-04-11, 09:18 AM

Here is the website with standing orders and the official war diary:

http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm

As for working together, maybe it would be simplest if I keep going from where I am, and you start in Jan 1945 and work backwards? We're just looking for any SOP's with the appropriate dates they are in effect.

The hard part is often finding when certain orders ended- for example, in your collection, you have an entry about hugging the French/Spanish coast with RWR off in order to avoid Biscay- this was the Piening Route.
http://www.uboat.net/maps/piening-route.htm
When did it stop being used? That link says it was around briefly until the Spanish gov't started following the rules a bit more. Also from your compilation, there is mention of an order to stay and fight a/c on the surface- http://www.uboat.net/history/fight_back_order.htm. This lasted for 97 days, and only applied to boats with a wintergarten platform. Anyways, hopefully more details come up the further I go through the war diary.

08-04-11, 09:18 AM	#7
andqui Soundman Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 149 Downloads: 195 Uploads: 0	Here is the website with standing orders and the official war diary: http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm As for working together, maybe it would be simplest if I keep going from where I am, and you start in Jan 1945 and work backwards? We're just looking for any SOP's with the appropriate dates they are in effect. The hard part is often finding when certain orders ended- for example, in your collection, you have an entry about hugging the French/Spanish coast with RWR off in order to avoid Biscay- this was the Piening Route. http://www.uboat.net/maps/piening-route.htm When did it stop being used? That link says it was around briefly until the Spanish gov't started following the rules a bit more. Also from your compilation, there is mention of an order to stay and fight a/c on the surface- http://www.uboat.net/history/fight_back_order.htm. This lasted for 97 days, and only applied to boats with a wintergarten platform. Anyways, hopefully more details come up the further I go through the war diary. Last edited by andqui; 08-04-11 at 09:58 AM.