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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Donitz figured he need to sink over 3 million tons a month to stay ahead of what the US was building in the shipping industry. It did not quite pan out.
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From what I've been reading, they came real close in '42 to tipping the scales of the Battle of the Atlantic, but without proper support and with America's increased support the u-boots just couldn't keep up. Not to mention the pure hell raining down from Allied air cover.