The allies could of ended the U-boat war much earlier.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Oneshot/Onekill

you'd of thought ole Winston would of let the dogs out.

He was probably too busy having a go at the miners.

At any rate were all the factories even in the range of the wellington bombers which made up a large part of the bomber force in the early war? I know they could reach berlin at a push. Either way, sending those tired twin engined bombers over a well defended germany at that time would be suicide.