Quote:
|
Originally Posted by kylania
Quote:
|
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.
|
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.  |
True! When the air gap was closed with the use of Liberators it was all over but the crying  . Donitz based his 27 new boats each month and that figure would cover the loss of boats at sea but when promoted by Hitler his first order of business was to cease the building of German warships so the steel could be used for the U-boats. Donitz found that materials were lacking.
__________________
“You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
Last edited by AVGWarhawk; 10-19-06 at 06:08 PM.
|