Battle of the Atlantic
The U Boat Peril
The atlantic
-U Boats begin hunting in "Wolf packs"
-Germans fight a tonnage war
-Convoys are used to get ships safely across the Atlantic
-Protected by Destroyers
-Depth charges, radar and long range aircraft and carrier based aircraft all helped cure the U Boat Problem.
The atlantic
-U Boats begin hunting in "Wolf packs"
-Germans fight a tonnage war
-Convoys are used to get ships safely across the Atlantic
-Protected by Destroyers
-Depth charges, radar and long range aircraft and carrier based aircraft all helped cure the U Boat Problem.
Subjunctive Question: Would it have been a viable offensive for the allies to focus their war efforts in unmanning the German ports instead of protecting all of the shipments?