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Originally Posted by Catfish
Hello,
Hmm maybe it is because of my (german) language, but i do not quite understand this. You mean that most sinkings during WWI were caused by U-boat's deck gun fire (right), while most sinkings in WWII were caused by torpedoes (right), and the question is what Germany learned of WWI ? :hmm:
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Hmm maybe it is because of my (german) language, but i do not quite understand this. You mean that most sinkings during WWI were caused by U-boat's deck gun fire (right),
YES
while most sinkings in WWII were caused by torpedoes (right),
YES
and the question is what Germany learned of WWI ?
YES
I am just a plain, simple YES girl. :p
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Originally Posted by Catfish
For my understanding Blair does not mean this fact by "learning" of WW1, the circumstances in WW2 were much different. Most merchants were fitted with guns after 1941, and even if there is only one known damage of a U-boat by a merchant's deck gun it sure prevented the U-boats from surface attacks at daytime.
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You are CORRECT on the learning part. I was just pointing out the folklore of subs in WWI sinking ships left and right via a torpedo
is NOT accurate. The Deck Guns on the WWI subs did most of the sinking.
Sir .....
HIGHLY recommend that book. It is almost 1,000 pages. True, your passion might be WWI, but that book is DARN GOOD! anyway.
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