Well, I guess I did rotate from the intrinsic capabilities of the boats to their actual usefulness to their respective countries.
How about yet another angle? I think German submarines in the hands of American commanders would have repeated the American torpedo debacle almost exactly and for the same length of time. American submarines in the hands of German commanders would have had their torpedo problems sorted out in a month and had four years of very productive campaign.
What a great discussion this has been. Isn't it amazing that fifty years after a war that killed off a generation of Europeans and made a significant impact on America, we are still interested enough to even have the discussion?
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