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Originally Posted by jimbuna
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Britain came within 4 weeks of total collapse due to the supply lines being cut so drastically. The government could only have stayed in the war another 4 weeks, before they would have had to bow out. The U-boat men came close.
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I'd like to know the source of this because one of my sources 'Clay Blair-Hitler's U -boat War' states that the Germans seldom ever had more than 20 subs on station in the Atlantic at any given time....and NEVER sank any more than 3% of the merchant shipping available to the Allies. :hmm: |
In one of his books, Winston Churchil mentions the dire situation Britain was in (very close to what Penelope describes) I think in 1941. Fuel and food reserves together with goods coming through were only enough for a few weeks -- then the tide turned.