The Rosengarten was between the Faroes, Shetlands, and Orkney islands. This is a choke point for U-Boats leaving Norway or Germany for patrol, or going to France. or returning from patrols. A very heavily patrolled area and dangerous, the cluster of islands looked like a rose garden on the map. The Long way is North and around through the Iceland straights the disadvantage in summer, too much daylight, in winter too dark for submerged attacks. (The Faroes are notorious for Pilot Whales which is what we have in GWX )
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