What's the biggest failure of the uboat service?

Kapt Z · 11-03-08, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Well, in all fairness, I think the thing that really failed them is less their decisions and more the fact that the service was not adequately prepared and invested into before the war started. The only way I see things going differently is if they started with Doenitz's planned 300 boats, not 57.

Exactly!

Stealth Hunter · 11-03-08, 10:42 PM

Definitely the enigma. If they had suspected the breaking of the code, they could have switched over to another system in a few months. However, since they didn't, it allowed the Allies to pinpoint the location of u-boats, and thus sink them without little or no trouble. Very costly for the Kriegsmarine.

Task Force · 11-03-08, 10:51 PM

Fail to co-operate better with the surface fleet and Luftwaffe

If they could have had help from the Luftwaffe then they could have done better defending there ships from the allied aircraft and protected supply lanes and got Intel on convoys and task forces from high above.

Jimbuna · 11-04-08, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Definitely the enigma. If they had suspected the breaking of the code, they could have switched over to another system in a few months. However, since they didn't, it allowed the Allies to pinpoint the location of u-boats, and thus sink them without little or no trouble. Very costly for the Kriegsmarine.

Precisely

View Poll Results: What's the biggest mistake?
Fail to test the torpedoes thoroughly before the war.	6	6.74%
Fail to institute un-restricted warfare from the get go.	3	3.37%
Fail to introduce electric Boats earlier (XXI/XXIII)	17	19.10%
Fail to co-operate better with the surface fleet and Luftwaffe	13	14.61%
Fail to discover/suspect a breach of the enigma code	27	30.34%
Fail to institute radio silence	5	5.62%
Continual insistance that uboat should fight aircraft.	0	0%
Fail to copy the "longlance" from Japan (longer, faster, no bubble)	3	3.37%
Continue sending more boats after 1944 when prospects were dim.	3	3.37%
Other	12	13.48%
Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll

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11-03-08, 10:42 PM	#2
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Definitely the enigma. If they had suspected the breaking of the code, they could have switched over to another system in a few months. However, since they didn't, it allowed the Allies to pinpoint the location of u-boats, and thus sink them without little or no trouble. Very costly for the Kriegsmarine.