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Originally Posted by msalama
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In any event, the German submarines did not produce victory. The American ones did.
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Well actually neither did, because the Allied victory was ultimately secured by land battles fought by the Americans in the Pacific, and the Russians in Eastern Europe... |
I can't think of too many American land battles in the Pacific that would have been possible without naval power. Including submarines to sink the enemy carriers as happened in the Marianas battles for example. Not to mention sinking a fair number of troop ships bearing reinforcements for Guam and Saipan long before the actual battle was joined. Pairing down the number of hulls Japan had to transfer troops from China and Japan to threatened areas in the Pacific went a long way in easing victory in the land battles. Now Burma...that's a different matter.
