Armando Diez Sunk By British Sub 1941

JU_88 · 02-28-08, 01:05 PM

British submarines had a pretty good run in WW2, they did quite alot of damage to axis shipping in the North sea and the Med. There efforts were just over shadowed by that of the Kreigsmarine and the US submarine service.

"During the Second World War, British submarines proved, for the second time in twenty years, their value and importance as a supreme strategic weapon. 475 merchant ships, 105 warships and 36 submarines had been sunk, with many others damaged. The course of the North African campaign had been decisively altered. However, the cost was a heavy one. 74 of the 206 boats in the Submarine Service did not return, while 3,142 men (1 in 3 who served) were killed and 359 captured."

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02-28-08, 01:05 PM	#3
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,811 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	British submarines had a pretty good run in WW2, they did quite alot of damage to axis shipping in the North sea and the Med. There efforts were just over shadowed by that of the Kreigsmarine and the US submarine service. "During the Second World War, British submarines proved, for the second time in twenty years, their value and importance as a supreme strategic weapon. 475 merchant ships, 105 warships and 36 submarines had been sunk, with many others damaged. The course of the North African campaign had been decisively altered. However, the cost was a heavy one. 74 of the 206 boats in the Submarine Service did not return, while 3,142 men (1 in 3 who served) were killed and 359 captured."