WE WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER ACES OF THE DEEP

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Originally Posted by SubChief

Yes that happened in the beginning, after a wolfpack attack they continued to stay together. But Dönitz didnt like the idea of a large number of uboats patroling a very small area, that way many convoys could escape. They were sent up to 12 hrs between each other, which means any of them could reach the other uboats within this period of time. This way a much larger area was covered.

I don't mean they stayed close together. Often the line covered hundreds of miles. My point was that they had to stay on station for days, sometimes weeks. They certainly did not 'radio for backup' when in contact with a convoy as they did in AoD.