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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%
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Old 11-04-08, 01:25 PM   #11
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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.
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