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[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Where did you hear that the first encounter between a Fleet boat and a German warship ended with the American submarine being sunk?

Actually the Japanese ASW capability was limited, although they learned as t he war went on to be quite dangerous.

In contrast, the Germans had NO ASW capacity at all! Zero. Zilch. Nada. No way to hunt and destroy submarines. Their only defense was to hightail it out of there fast enough that the submarines couldn't catch them.

So it's another baseless statement there by padi.

The German U-boat campaign was the best Allied attack of the war. It alone was sufficient to ensure the defeat of Germany. Every man in a U-boat was wasted precious manpower that would have worked for Germany instead of against, had they been employed on land. Every worker who built and repaired U-boats, every ounce of steel, fuel, ordinance was one that would not contribute to German war aims. They were all working for the Allies and a fine job they did.