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04-22-24, 06:26 PM | #1 | |
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04-23-24, 09:59 AM | #2 |
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Indeed, that's where U-505, now in Chicago, got hunted down and captured!
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04-23-24, 01:20 PM | #3 |
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Yep, and a highly decorated ace, Wolfgang Luth, had great success off of the west/south African coasts.
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05-09-24, 12:49 AM | #4 |
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pancoast and aktungbby:
Yes, yes I understand all that, but my assignment was in 1941...way down there in Africa? C'mon, guys. British shipping up north into and away from the Isles was much more critical to destroy in the early years. Your comments are obviously correct, much later in the war, but not at the onset. I think we must accept that patrol assignments in the game are randomly assigned with no focus on accuracy and generally can be ignored without any negatives. Maybe you have some historical reference that makes my position invalid (?) I know of no subs assigned deep into the coast of Africa in 1941, but perhaps you have a reference that corrects me. BTW - I grew up in Chicago and am very well aware of U-505 and visited it often. -=Archive1=- |
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U 69 5 May - 8 Jul 1941 https://uboat.net/boats/patrols/patrol_492.html
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05-13-24, 10:11 PM | #7 |
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La Vache and Aktungbby:
I accept your corrections. Clearly some unterseeboots were operating off the African coast. My statements were off base and incorrect. But... I still cannot understand why the sub command would divert critical, and limited number, of subs to this far southern arena when the coastal waters of the UK were so critical to control and that the necessary-to-exist materiel which was needed, had to end in UK ports. Anything coming from elsewhere still had to, must, clear the UK coast and end-up in its limited number of destination harbors for unloading. A balance, perhaps, between the hazard of UK aircraft up north and its density of shipping, and the safety of the south and fewer ships. We know from Churchill's books that the situation was increasingly dire for the UK. Obviously, I was not asked for my opinion by Doenitz! -=Archive1=- |
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