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Originally Posted by Gorshkov
Once Erich Topp stated: “Dönitz certainly has been a good leader of his submariners, but he continued the ‘Battle of the Atlantic,’ when of 4 boats 3 didn’t come back, when the Allied had broken our codes, when their radar on board of planes [was] controlling the Atlantic, when their convoys were protected by High Frequency Direction Finders on board of their destroyers, and so on.”
So I do not think Doenitz was particularly clever U-bootwaffe commander during later stages of war...he simply followed Hitler's insane wishes about "Starving England", Wunderwaffe etc. even if those wishes were just impossible to achieve or were pure Sci-Fi.
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I think that 99 out of 100 military leaders will continue to exhort their forces to fight even when the enemy has a technical superiority.
This analysis also ignores operational and strategic issues. Despite the improved technology, overall the Allies are still expending a disproportionate effort to guard against U-boat attacks. Ceasing the attacks means the resources goes elsewhere which arguably only further worsens the German position.