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TarJak · 07-03-09, 11:43 PM

In RL the Channel was very rarely used by u-Boats after 1939. There are good reasons for that:

Shallow water
Close to English ports full of small anti-submarine boats
Heavily mined by both sides
Was just as fast to go to the North of the British Isles to get to the Western Approaches and more lucrative from a shipping target perspective.
After August 1940 the Atlantic ports were available negating the need to come all the way from German ports to get to patrol areas.

07-03-09, 11:43 PM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	In RL the Channel was very rarely used by u-Boats after 1939. There are good reasons for that: Shallow water Close to English ports full of small anti-submarine boats Heavily mined by both sides Was just as fast to go to the North of the British Isles to get to the Western Approaches and more lucrative from a shipping target perspective. After August 1940 the Atlantic ports were available negating the need to come all the way from German ports to get to patrol areas.

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