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Originally Posted by stabiz
Yes, but no IX-kaleun likes to be reminded why the IX-class was so sucessful.
America ...cough ... no convoy systems ...cough ... neon lights ...cough...Admiral King... cough ...big fat tankers from Texas ... cough.
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:hmm: America eh
Not off Africa then ?
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But he became famous with his second patrol on U-107. Kptlt. Günther Hessler put out from Lorient, France at 19:30 on 29 March, 1941 for what would become the most successful patrol of the entire war against Allied merchant shipping. She left the base along with U-94 commanded by Kptlt. Kuppisch, but then U-107 headed southwards. Her operational area was around the Canary Islands and near Freetown, where she sank 14 ships for a total of 86,699 tons
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Or the middle of the Atlantic ?
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From January 1941 he operated mostly in Atlantic waters. But his peak he reached on his second patrol when he sank during the spring of 1941 in the middle of the Atlantic 12 ships for a total of 71,450 tons. It was the second most successful patrol of the whole war, second only to Hessler's incredible patrol on U-107.
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Atlantic ?
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In July 1940 he took over U-103 and attacked convoys in the Atlantic and in African waters. In August 1941 he left this boat.
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Top 3 most succesfull patrols
All IXB
And NONE near the US and before the US entered the war
http://uboat.net/ops/top_patrols.htm
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