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Originally Posted by JScones
If it's any consolation, Doenitz gave up the English Channel as a viable route into the Atlantic in early December 1939. Consequently, boats were directed the "long way" around.
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Thats true, mate! But there is something that nags my mind: Why did the germans launch "operation Cerberus" (channel dash) when the channel was so heavy mined, and full of bad ships...? Why did they risk their capital ships, just to get faster to the north sea bases? Was Dönitz "smarter" than the other kriegsmarine officers?